{"product_id":"fools-rule-william-marsden-9780307398253","title":"Fools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the National Business Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eStupid to the Last Drop\u003c\/i\u003e, a captivating polemic on the global failure to deal with climate change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKyoto, 1997. Montreal, 2005. Copenhagen, 2009. Cancun, 2010. In \u003ci\u003eFools Rule\u003c\/i\u003e, Marsden illustrates how inefficient and short-sighted political negotiations have become despite mounting scientific evidence that immediate action is essential to curb the effects of climate change. International climate change summits are now widely monitored events, attended by state leaders and crowded with journalists; yet somehow they have never been less productive. Treaties and action plans are smothered by economic self-interest, diplomatic errors and every nation's hungry scramble for its share of the remaining atmospheric space. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarsden takes us from inside the bungled negotiations at Copenhagen to the melting glaciers and untapped oil reserves of the Arctic; he shows us the paralyzing effect oil and gas companies have on green legal initiatives in the United States, and therefore on any international climate change treaty; and, with wit and penetrating insight, he asks the toughest question--will we be able to change before it's too late?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Marsden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307398250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307398253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Books Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"William Marsden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064820969727,"sku":"9780307398253","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_efdcbb5d-7c03-4339-9e69-64100818676e.jpg?v=1768671252","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fools-rule-william-marsden-9780307398253","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}