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The new edition of this award-winning volume reflects the latest events in the in global environmental politics and sustainable development, while providing balanced coverage of the key institutions, environmental issues, treaties, and policies. The book highlights global environmental institutions, major state and non-state actors, and includes a wide range of cases such as climate change, biodiversity, hazardous chemicals, ozone layer depletion, nuclear energy and resource consumption.
International Climate Change Policy : Complex Multilevel Governance
International Climate Change Policy : Complex Multilevel Governance
Global climate change presents a significant challenge to the international community. Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are causing a warming of the Earth’s surface at an unprecedented rate.1 Scientists predict that, if left unchecked, climate changes produced by this warming could include disruptions in rainfall and temperature patterns; a global rise in sea levels; and an increased frequency of severe weather events such as droughts, hurricanes, and floods.2 Today, people in many parts of the world are already experiencing the impacts of climate change, with serious implications for food security, freshwater supplies, human health, and species survival. Global greenhouse gas emissions ...
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