Global Warming: Looking Beyond Kyoto

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global warming 10865-00_FM_rev.qxd 12/10/07 11:37 AM Page i 10865-00_FM_rev.qxd 12/10/07 11:37 AM Page ii global warming Looking Beyond Kyoto ernesto zedillo editor center for the study of globalization Yale University brookings institution press Washington, D.C. 10865-00_FM_rev.qxd 12/10/07 11:37 AM Page iii Copyright © 2008 center for the study of globalization, yale university All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the Brookings Institution Press, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 www.brookings.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Global warming : looking beyond Kyoto / Ernesto Zedillo, editor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “Comprehensive examination of the economic, social, and political context of climate policy in industrialized and developing nations. Calls for a multilateral approach that goes beyond the mitigation-focused Kyoto policies and stresses the importance of generating policies that work within a time frame commensurate with that of climate change itself”—Provided by publisher. ISBN-13: 978-0-8157-9714-2 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8157-9714-1 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8157-9715-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8157-9715-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Climatic changes—Government policy. 2. Nature—Effect of human beings on. 3. Global warming. I. Zedillo Ponce de León, Ernesto. II. Title. QC981.8.G56G57442 2007 363.738'74—dc22 2007044850 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication meets minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials: ANSI Z39.48-1992. Typeset in Adobe Garamond Composition by Circle Graphics Columbia, Maryland Printed by R. R. Donnelley Harrisonburg, Virginia 10865-00_FM_rev.qxd 12/10/07 11:37 AM Page iv ...