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The United States and China together account for a disproportionate 45 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. In 2014, then-President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced complementary efforts to limit emissions, paving the way for the Paris Agreement. And yet, with President Trump&...
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The MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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American and comparative environmental policy
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The United States and China together account for a disproportionate 45 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. In 2014, then-President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced complementary efforts to limit emissions, paving the way for the Paris Agreement. And yet, with President Trump's planned withdrawal from the Paris accords and Xi's consolidation of power--as well as mutual mistrust fueled by misunderstanding--the climate future is uncertain. In Titans of the Climate, Kelly Sims Gallagher and Xiaowei Xuan examine how the planet's two largest greenhouse gas emitters develop |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-239) and index. |
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9780262535847 026253584X 9780262038751 0262038757 |
| Index Number: | QC903 |
| CLC: | P467-01 |
| Call Number: | P467-01/G162 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- National circumstances -- Comparing policymaking structures, actors, processes, and approaches -- National target formation -- Target implementation -- Why climate policy outcomes differ -- Conclusion -- Appendix : chronology of climate policies in each country. |