The Global Greenhouse Regime: Who Pays? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781853831362)

Effective policies to prevent global warming and climatic change are urgently required by the world community. However, international negotiations on this issue repeatedly come up against the problems of allocating responsibility for the greenhouse effect, and bearing the costs of remedying the situation.;This volume offers a multidisciplinary response to the challenge. It presents the scientific, economic and political issues and goes on to describe the policy options available. The different ways of determining responsibility for greenhouse gases and calculating obligations to pay for hazards to the environment are analyzed. The contributors examine the implications for various countries, while a concluding chapter explores climatic change negotations - what is at stake, and for whom.

Author: Kirk R. Smith
ISBN-10: 1853831360
ISBN-13: 9781853831362
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1993
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.10d