1st Edition

Carbon Politics and the Failure of the Kyoto Protocol

By Gerald Kutney Copyright 2014
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

Carbon Politics and the Failure of Kyoto charts the framework and political evolution of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations and examines the ensuing failure of the international community to adequately address climate change. The focus is not on the science or consequences of climate change but on the political gamesmanship of the major players throughout the UNFCCC negotiation process. More than... Read more

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Biography

Gerald Kutney is Managing Director of Sixth Element Sustainable Management, a renewable energy technologies consultancy, and was until recently Adjunct Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada.