Climate Change Policy In The United States

Author : Barry G. Rabe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815796350

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Statehouse and Greenhouse by Barry G. Rabe Pdf

No environmental issue triggers such feelings of hopelessness as global climate change. Many areas of the world, including regions of the United States, have experienced a wide range of unusually dramatic weather events recently. Much climate change analysis forecasts horrors of biblical proportions, such as massive floods, habitat loss, species loss, and epidemics related to warmer weather. Such accounts of impending disaster have helped trigger extreme reactions, wherein some observers simply dismiss global climate change as, at the very worst, a minor inconvenience requiring modest adaptation. It is perhaps no surprise, therefore, that an American federal government known for institutional gridlock has accomplished virtually nothing in this area in the last decade. Policy inertia is not the story of this book, however. Statehouse and Greenhouse examines the surprising evolution of state-level government policies on global climate change. Environmental policy analyst Barry Rabe details a diverse set of innovative cases, offering detailed analysis of state-level policies designed to combat global warming. The book explains why state innovation in global climate change has been relatively vigorous and why it has drawn so little attention thus far. Rabe draws larger potential lessons from this recent flurry of American experience. Statehouse and Greenhouse helps to move debate over global climate change from bombast to the realm of what is politically and technically feasible.

Author : A. Neil Craik,Isabel Studer,Debora Van Nijnatten
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442666368

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Climate Change Policy in North America by A. Neil Craik,Isabel Studer,Debora Van Nijnatten Pdf

While no supranational institutions exist to govern climate change in North America, a system of cooperation among a diverse range of actors and institutions is currently emerging. Given the range of interests that influence climate policy across political boundaries, can these distinct parts be integrated into a coherent, and ultimately resilient system of regional climate cooperation? Climate Change Policy in North America is the first book to examine how cooperation respecting climate change can emerge within decentralized governance arrangements. Leading scholars from a variety of disciplines provide in-depth case studies of climate cooperation initiatives – such as emissions trading, energy cooperation, climate finance, carbon accounting and international trade – as well as analysis of the institutional, political, and economic conditions that influence climate policy integration.

Author : Donald Wallace,Daniel Silander
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351060455

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Climate Change, Policy and Security by Donald Wallace,Daniel Silander Pdf

This book examines the multiple strategies proposed by the international community for addressing global climate change (GCC) from both human and state-security perspectives. It examines what is needed from major states working within the UN framework to engage with the multiple dimensions of a strategy that addresses GCC and its impacts, where such engagement promotes both human and state security. Two broad frameworks for approaching these issues provide the basis of discussion for the individual chapters, which discuss the strategies being undertaken by major state powers (the US, the EU, China, India, Japan, and Russia). The first framework considers the multiple strategies, mitigation, adaptation, and capacity-building required of the international community to address the effects of GCC. The second framework considers the differentiation of GCC policies in terms of security and how the efficacy of these strategies could be impacted by whether priority is given to state security over human security concerns. This book will be of much interest to students of human security, climate change, foreign policy, and International Relations.

Author : Dianne Rahm
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780786458011

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Climate Change Policy in the United States by Dianne Rahm Pdf

This overview of global warming and its human causes examines the international agreements regarding climate change and the U.S. response to those agreements, as well as key provisions of the Kyoto Protocol, to explain the difficulties of any subsequent treaties. Framing the scientific debate against moral, ethical, and religious considerations, the book offers potential solutions. The book includes seven maps and tables, notes, bibliography, and index.

Author : Professor Christopher J Bailey
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472405869

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US Climate Change Policy by Professor Christopher J Bailey Pdf

The United States is often perceived as sceptical, if not hostile, to the need to address man-made climate change. US government policy has undoubtedly disappointed environmentalists and scientists who believe more concerted action is needed, but a careful examination of the evidence reveals a number of policy actions designed to investigate, mitigate, and adapt to climate change have been implemented. Laws, regulatory action, and court rulings have led to advances in climate science, action to reduce levels of greenhouse gas emissions and efforts to prepare for the potential consequences of climate change. In this important book Chris Bailey explains and details the challenges and achievements of US climate change policy from its origins to the present day.

Author : Sophia Kalantzakos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315298856

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The EU, US and China Tackling Climate Change by Sophia Kalantzakos Pdf

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 EU and China may result in the necessary impetus to solidify a vision and a roadmap for our common future in the Anthropocene. Kalantzakos introduces a novel perspective and narrative on climate action leadership through an analysis of international relations. She argues that a close EU-China collaboration, which does not carry the baggage of an imbedded competition for supremacy, may best help the global community move towards a low carbon future and navigate the new challenges of the Anthropocene. Overall, Kalantzakos demonstrates how Europe and China, already strategic partners, can exercise global leadership in an area of crucial common interest through their web of relations, substantial development aid, and the use of soft power tools throughout the developing world. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental politics, international relations, climate change and energy law and policy.

Author : James Gustave Speth
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262542982

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They Knew by James Gustave Speth Pdf

A devastating, play-by-play account of the federal government's leading role in bringing about today's climate crisis. In 2015, a group of twenty-one young people sued the federal government for violating their constitutional rights by promoting the climate catastrophe, depriving them of life, liberty, and property without due process of law. They Knew offers evidence for their claims, presenting a devastating, play-by-play account of the federal government's role in bringing about today's climate crisis. James Speth, tapped by the plaintiffs as an expert on climate, documents how administrations from Carter to Trump--despite having information about climate change and the connection to fossil fuels--continued aggressive support of a fossil fuel based energy system. What did the federal government know and when did it know it? Speth asks, echoing another famous cover up. What did the federal government do and what did it not do? They Knew (an updated version of the Expert Report Speth prepared for the lawsuit) presents the most compelling indictment yet of the government's role in the climate crisis, showing a forty-year failure to take action. Since Juliana v. United States was filed, the federal government has repeatedly delayed the case. Yet even in legal limbo, it has helped inspire a generation of youthful climate activists. An Our Children’s Trust Book

Author : Hari Osofsky,Lesley McAllister
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781454836025

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Climate Change Law and Policy by Hari Osofsky,Lesley McAllister Pdf

Pioneers in an emergent field, the authors of Climate Change Law and Policy have created a modular and accessible text with extensive web resources. Designed for 2- and 3-credit courses, discussion, commentary, and exercises are integrated into every chapter. Tracing key legal developments, the scope of this landmark text spans international, United States, foreign, state and local, and nongovernmental efforts to address climate change. A concise text that takes a global view, Climate Change Law and Policy features: accessible and modular format that can adapt to a variety of teaching objectives timely coverage of key legal developments in climate change control around the world discussion of the role of non-nation-state actors in forming climate change policy, including cities, corporations, NGO's, and individuals draws from commentary of leading experts on each topic exercises in each chapter based on major law and policy issues extensive web resources, including updates and links

Author : Roger Karapin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107074392

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Political Opportunities for Climate Policy by Roger Karapin Pdf

This book examines the causes of effective climate policies in the US, through statistical analysis and three longitudinal case studies.

Author : Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483311692

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Changing Climate Politics by Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias Pdf

Changing Climate Politics provides a comprehensive account of the current state of government action and political participation in the United States on the issue of climate change. Author Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias evaluates the role of the federal government, the courts, states, and cities in tackling the problems created by climate change, offering an inclusive and balanced assessment of progress and challenges. The book further explores the growing role of civic society in climate action plans, analyzing public opinion, the U.S. climate movement, policy making through ballot measures, consumer action, and the prospect of a social transformation toward a more sustainable society. This timely volume examines new approaches to policies and civic action on climate change addressing critical questions about the responsibilities and obligations of governments and citizens.

Author : Thomas L. Brewer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107069213

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The United States in a Warming World by Thomas L. Brewer Pdf

Balanced factual and conceptual analysis of the political and economic factors that shape the United States' responses to climate change.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050231500

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Climate Change and Balanced Energy Policy Act by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Pdf

Author : Patricia Mulroy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780815727842

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The Water Problem by Patricia Mulroy Pdf

Climate change: a strategic opportunity for water managers? / Kathy Jacobs and Paul Fleming -- The delta : resolving California's water conundrum / Pat Mulroy -- The San Diego strategy : a sea change in western water / Maureen A. Stapleton -- The Colorado River story / Jim Lochhead and Pat Mulroy -- Why examine Nebraska's water governance framework? / Ann Bleed -- Harnessing hydrogeological analysis to improve groundwater management across the American West / Burke W. Griggs and James J. Butler Jr -- Southeast Florida : ground zero for sea level rise / Doug Yoder -- Finding the balance : developing resilient, sustainable water and wastewater systems in New York City / Alan Cohn, Angela Licata, and Emily Lloyd

Author : Hal Harvey,Robbie Orvis,Jeffrey Rissman
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781610919562

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Designing Climate Solutions by Hal Harvey,Robbie Orvis,Jeffrey Rissman Pdf

With the effects of climate change already upon us, the need to cut global greenhouse gas emissions is nothing less than urgent. It’s a daunting challenge, but the technologies and strategies to meet it exist today. A small set of energy policies, designed and implemented well, can put us on the path to a low carbon future. Energy systems are large and complex, so energy policy must be focused and cost-effective. One-size-fits-all approaches simply won’t get the job done. Policymakers need a clear, comprehensive resource that outlines the energy policies that will have the biggest impact on our climate future, and describes how to design these policies well. Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy is the first such guide, bringing together the latest research and analysis around low carbon energy solutions. Written by Hal Harvey, CEO of the policy firm Energy Innovation, with Robbie Orvis and Jeffrey Rissman of Energy Innovation, Designing Climate Solutions is an accessible resource on lowering carbon emissions for policymakers, activists, philanthropists, and others in the climate and energy community. In Part I, the authors deliver a roadmap for understanding which countries, sectors, and sources produce the greatest amount of greenhouse gas emissions, and give readers the tools to select and design efficient policies for each of these sectors. In Part II, they break down each type of policy, from renewable portfolio standards to carbon pricing, offering key design principles and case studies where each policy has been implemented successfully. We don’t need to wait for new technologies or strategies to create a low carbon future—and we can’t afford to. Designing Climate Solutions gives professionals the tools they need to select, design, and implement the policies that can put us on the path to a livable climate future.

Author : Barry G. Rabe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815796358

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Statehouse and Greenhouse by Barry G. Rabe Pdf

No environmental issue triggers such feelings of hopelessness as global climate change. Many areas of the world, including regions of the United States, have experienced a wide range of unusually dramatic weather events recently. Much climate change analysis forecasts horrors of biblical proportions, such as massive floods, habitat loss, species loss, and epidemics related to warmer weather. Such accounts of impending disaster have helped trigger extreme reactions, wherein some observers simply dismiss global climate change as, at the very worst, a minor inconvenience requiring modest adaptation. It is perhaps no surprise, therefore, that an American federal government known for institutional gridlock has accomplished virtually nothing in this area in the last decade. Policy inertia is not the story of this book, however. Statehouse and Greenhouse examines the surprising evolution of state-level government policies on global climate change. Environmental policy analyst Barry Rabe details a diverse set of innovative cases, offering detailed analysis of state-level policies designed to combat global warming. The book explains why state innovation in global climate change has been relatively vigorous and why it has drawn so little attention thus far. Rabe draws larger potential lessons from this recent flurry of American experience. Statehouse and Greenhouse helps to move debate over global climate change from bombast to the realm of what is politically and technically feasible.