Global Environmental Politics

Ochs, Alexander.
The Failures of American and European Climate Policy: International Norms, Domestic Politics, and Unachievable Commitments (review)
Global Environmental Politics - Volume 7, Number 4, November 2007, pp. 149-151

The MIT Press

Alexander Ochs - The Failures of American and European Climate Policy: International Norms, Domestic Politics, and Unachievable Commitments (review) - Global Environmental Politics 7:4 Global Environmental Politics 7.4 (2007) 149-151 Muse Search Journals This Journal Contents Reviewed by Alexander Ochs German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) & Intact -- International Network To Advance Climate Talks Cass, Loren R. 2006. The Failures of American and European Climate Policy: International Norms, Domestic Politics, and Unachievable Commitments. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Climate change has been one of the most contentious issues in the transatlantic relationship. The persistent divide escalated when President Bush abandoned the Kyoto Protocol in early 2001. Since then, the EU has emerged as the most fervent leader of this UN-sponsored treaty while the United States has remained the only major developed country, aside from Australia, to oppose it. Why is that? In light of their many similarities, the sources of the rift between Americans and Europeans are puzzling. With The Failures of American and European Climate Policy, Loren Cass provides the most extensive and well-researched...