Climate Change Policy in North America: Designing Integration in a Regional System - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442614587 ISBN 13: 9781442614581

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2013

Synopsis

While no supranational institutions exist to govern climate change in North America, a system of cooperation among a diverse range of actors and institutions is currently emerging. Given the range of interests that influence climate policy across political boundaries, can these distinct parts be integrated into a coherent, and ultimately resilient system of regional climate cooperation?

Climate Change Policy in North America is the first book to examine how cooperation respecting climate change can emerge within decentralized governance arrangements. Leading scholars from a variety of disciplines provide in-depth case studies of climate cooperation initiatives – such as emissions trading, energy cooperation, climate finance, carbon accounting and international trade – as well as analysis of the institutional, political, and economic conditions that influence climate policy integration.

About this title

About the Author:

Neil Craik is director of the School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development at the University of Waterloo.
Isabel Studer is the director of the Global Institute for Sustainability at Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Debora VanNijnatten is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Review:

“Climate Change Policy in North America takes stock of North American climate governance with admirable comprehensiveness, providing chapters on topics such as climate finance, emissions measurement and verification, renewables, and the smart grid, in addition to cap and trade and standards harmonization. The editors have done scholars interested in North American climate policy a great service by providing a ‘go to’ resource.”

(Kathryn Harrison, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1442614587
• ISBN 13: 9781442614581
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Craik A. Neil, Studer Isabel, Van Nijnatten Debora