02142nam a22003258a 4500 CR9780511975714 UkCbUP 20180107143414.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 101011s2011||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511975714 (ebook) 9780521865012 (hardback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda TD885.5.G73 V53 2011 363.738/74 22 Victor, David G., author. Global Warming Gridlock : Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet / [electronic resource] David G. Victor. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (392 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Global warming is one of today's greatest challenges. The science of climate change leaves no doubt that policies to cut emissions are overdue. Yet, after twenty years of international talks and treaties, the world is now in gridlock about how best to do this. David Victor argues that such gridlock has arisen because international talks have drifted away from the reality of what countries are willing and able to implement at home. Most of the lessons that policy makers have drawn from the history of other international environmental problems won't actually work on the problem of global warming. Victor argues that a radical rethinking of global warming policy is required and shows how to make international law on global warming more effective. This book provides a roadmap to a lower carbon future based on encouraging bottom-up initiatives at national, regional and global levels, leveraging national self-interest rather than wishful thinking. Greenhouse gas mitigation Environmental policy Print version: 9780521865012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511975714 Cambridge Books Online 236628 236628