Titans of the climate : explaining policy process in the United States and China / Kelly Sims Gallag...
Titans of the climate : explaining policy process in the United States and China / Kelly Sims Gallag...
Titans of the climate : explaining policy process in the United States and China / Kelly Sims Gallagher and Xiaowei Xuan ; forewords by John P. Holdren and Junkuo Zhang.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
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G 2019/3109
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English
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xxii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- National circumstances -- Comparing policymaking structures, actors, processes, and approaches -- National target formation -- Target implementation -- Why climate policy outcomes differ -- Conclusion -- Appendix : chronology of climate policies in each country.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
The United States and China together account for a disproportionate 45 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. In 2014, then-President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced complementary efforts to limit emissions, paving the way for the Paris Agreement. And yet, with President Trump's planned withdrawal from the Paris accords and Xi...
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Titans of the climate : explaining policy process in the United States and China / Kelly Sims Gallagher and Xiaowei Xuan ; forewords by John P. Holdren and Junkuo Zhang.
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American and comparative environmental policy
Authors of forewords taken from cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/3109
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74VKVB84BjKb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVB84BjKb
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9780262535847
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363.738745610951
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991024242107502626
