1st Edition

The EU, US and China Tackling Climate Change Policies and Alliances for the Anthropocene

By Sophia Kalantzakos Copyright 2017
170 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

The feeling of optimism that followed the COP 21 Paris Conference on Climate Change requires concrete action and steadfast commitment to a process that raises a number of crucial challenges: technological, political, social, and economic. As climate change worsens, new robust leadership is imperative. The EU, US and China Tackling Climate Change examines why a close collaboration between the... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: The US: Still reluctant and unreliable

Chapter 2: The European Union: A hopeful paradigm

Chapter 3: China: Lessons from an unsustainable growth model spur change

Chapter 4: US-China: Rivalry trumps partnership in the Anthropocene

Chapter 5: What makes EU-China collaboration a better fit for the Anthropocene

Chapter 6: Networks of states to spur hope and change

Biography

Sophia Kalantzakos is Global Distinguished Professor in Environmental Studies and Public Policy at New York University, USA/Abu Dhabi.