interests and the failure of the Kyoto process Boehmer-Christiansen, Sonja. creator Kellow, Aynsley J. (Aynsley John) 1951- Edward Elgar Publishing text bibliography Electronic books. enk Cheltenham, U.K Northampton, Mass Edward Elgar c2002 2002 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xi, 214 p.) The Kyoto Protocol has singularly failed to shape international environmental policy-making in the way that the earlier Montreal protocol did. Whereas Montreal placed reliance on the force of science and moralistic injunctions to save the planet, and successfully determined the international response to climate change, Kyoto has proved significantly more problematic. International Environmental Policy considers why this is the case. The authors contend that such arguments on this occasion proved inadequate to the task, not just because the core issues of the Kyoto process were subject to more powerful and conflicting interests than previously, and the science too uncertain, but because the science and moral arguments themselves remained too weak. They argue that "global warming" is a failing policy construct because it has served to benefit limited but undeclared interests that were sustained by green beliefs rather than robust scientific knowledge. 1. Introduction -- 2. The international environmental policy process : increasing complexity and implementation failure -- 3. Energy interests, opportunities, and uneven burden-sharing -- 4. The Kyoto process -- 5. The failure of principled discourse -- 6. Institutionalizing scientific advice : designing consensus as a policy driver? -- 7. The suppression of scientific controversy -- 8. Baptists, bootleggers and the Kyoto process. Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen, Aynsley Kellow. Includes bibliographical references and index. Environmental policy International cooperation Environmental risk assessment International cooperation Greenhouse gases Government policy International cooperation Air Pollution Government policy International cooperation Global warming Economic aspects GE170 .B64 2002 363.7/0526 9781843766964 (e-book) 2002072175 https://www.elgaronline.com/view/184064818X.xml https://www.elgaronline.com/view/184064818X.xml DLC 020521 20210215104229.0 eep9781843766964