Saving Kyoto: An Insiders Guide to How It Works, Why It Matters and What It Means for the Future

Graciela Chichilnisky et Kristen A. Sheeran

ISBN 10: 1847734316 / ISBN 13: 9781847734310

Published by New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Saving Kyoto: An Insiders Guide to How It Works, Why It Matters and What It Means for the Future
• Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847734316
• ISBN 13: 9781847734310
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Très bon

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Synopsis

Saving Kyoto focuses on international efforts to confront the crisis and provides a colourful overview of the history of global climate negotiations, explaining why international cooperation between poor and rich nations has become critical.

About the Author

Graciela Chichilnisky has worked extensively in the Kyoto Protocol process, creating and designing the carbon market that became international law in 2005. Professor Chichilnisky acted as a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which received the 2007 Nobel Prize for its work in deciding world policy with respect to climate change. UNESCO Professor of Mathematics and Economics and Director of the Columbia Consortium for Risk Management at Columbia University, she is the author of some 200 scientific articles and 13 books, including Environmental Markets: Equity and Efficiency (Columbia University Press, 2000). Kristen A. Sheeran is Associate Professor of Economics at St Mary's College of Maryland and Interim Executive Director of Economics for Equity and the Environment. She has written many articles on environmental issues and has lectured on climate change.