A Climate of Injustice: Global Inequality, North-South Politics, and Climate Policy
The global debate over who should take action to address climate change is extremely precarious, as diametrically opposed perceptions of climate justice threaten the prospects for any long-term agreement. Poor nations fear limits on their efforts to grow economically and meet the needs of their own people, while powerful industrial nations, including the United States, refuse to curtail their own excesses unless developing countries make similar sacrifices. Meanwhile, although industrialized...
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An examination of the role that inequality plays in shaping post-Kyoto prospects for a North-South global climate pact; with statistical and theoretical analysis and case studies of recent climate-related disasters.
Series Foreword viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: Wet Feet Marching 1A Model of North-South (Non-)Cooperation 25Not the Day after Tomorrow: Learning from Recent Climate Disasters 67An Analysis of Cross-National Patterns of Risk 103Fueling Injustice: Emissions, Development Paths, and Responsibility 133Who Is Taking Action? 185Equity, Climate Proposals, and Two Roads to Justice after Kyoto 211Appendices 243Notes 251References 309Index 365
\ From the Publisher"In their superb contribution to scholarly and political debates about the future of international efforts to cope with climate change, J. Timmons Roberts and Bradley C. Parks offer a carefully developed, richly documented, and convincingly supported account of the origins, dynamics,and implications of the current North-Soutn impasse." Jörg Balsiger International Environmental Agreements\ \
