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Baumert (Climate, Energy, and Pollution Program at the World Resources Institute) and his colleagues...
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Baumert (Climate, Energy, and Pollution Program at the World Resources Institute) and his colleagues present 10 chapters exploring political possibilities for strengthening and acting on climate change treaties such as the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Vastly scaling down the level of achievement thought possible to take account of "the limited capacity of our global institutions and national governments" to deal with the problem, they address such ideas as evolving to a sector-based clean development mechanism, reducing uncertainty through dual-intensity targets, learning fro the Argentine voluntary commitment, the Brazilian proposal on relative responsibility for global warming, and equal per capita entitlements. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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