Feeling the heat : the politics of climate policy in rapidly industrializing countries

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Feeling the heat : the politics of climate policy in rapidly industrializing countries

edited by Ian Bailey, Hugh Compston

(Energy, climate and the environment series)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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To avoid uncontrolled climate change, greenhouse gas emissions will have to be brought under control by major emitters outside the affluent West. The authors investigate the political obstacles in BRIC countries and what their governments could do to strengthen climate policies without incurring serious political damage.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • I.Bailey & H.Compston PART I: CONTEXT Climate Policy: Issues and Opportunities for Rapidly Industrializing Countries
  • T.Barker BRICS in the Global Climate Regime: Rapidly Industrializing Countries and International Climate Negotiations
  • D.Davenport Ever Closer Partnerships? European Union Relations with Rapidly Industrializing Countries on Climate Change
  • S.Afionis & I.Bailey The United States and Rapidly Industrializing Countries: Climate Policy in Bilateral Relations
  • P.Harris PART II: ANALYSIS Supporting China's Green Leap Forward: Political Strategies for China's Climate Policies
  • M.Schroeder India and Climate Change: Energy, Equity and Development
  • S.Fisher More than Hot Air: The Economics and Politics of Climate Change in Russia
  • N.Howarth & A.Foxall Climate Politics in Brazil: Public Awareness, Social Transformations and Emissions Reduction
  • E.Viola & M.Franchini PART III: CONCLUSIONS Political Strategy and Climate Policy in Rapidly Industrializing Countries
  • I.Bailey & H.Compston

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