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Cover -- The History of Global Climate Governance -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Part One Introduction -- 1 Grasping the essentials of the climate change problem -- 1.1 Climate change intertwined with life -- 1.2 Science, scientific uncertainty and climate sceptics -- 1.2.1 The problem -- 1.2.2 Sceptics and their rebuttal -- 1.3 Climate change as an economic issue in an anarchic world -- 1.3.1 A sceptical framing of climate change -- 1.3.2 Countering this framework -- 1.4 Climate change as a classic North-South issue -- 1.4.1 The carbon budget and the ecospace problem -- 1.4.2 GHG emissions and development -- Patterns of development: Is sustainable development automatic? -- How to develop? -- The right to develop -- Climate change as a classic North-South issue -- 1.5 Conclusion -- 2 Mitigation, adaptation and geo-engineering -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Climate change and development -- 2.3 Options to deal with climate change -- 2.4 Systemic changes -- 2.5 Dealing with underlying driving forces -- 2.5.1 Introduction -- 2.5.2 Options and issues -- 2.6 Dealing with proximate driving forces: mitigation and sequestration options -- 2.6.1 Introduction -- 2.6.2 Options and issues -- 2.7 Dealing with atmospheric concentrations and warming -- 2.7.1 Introduction -- 2.7.2 Options and issues -- 2.8 Dealing with impacts -- 2.8.1 Introduction -- 2.8.2 Options and issues -- 2.9 Dealing with residual impacts -- 2.9.1 Introduction -- 2.9.2 Options and issues -- 2.10 Structure and outline of this book -- 2.11 Inferences -- Part Two The history of the negotiations -- 3 Setting the stage: defining the climate problem (until 1990) -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The chronology of events -- 3.3 The problem definition and measures discussed -- 3.3.1 The problem definition.

What has happened globally on the climate change issue? How have countries' positions differed over time, and why? How are problems and politics developing on an increasingly globalised planet, and can we find a solution? This book explores these questions and more, explaining the key underlying issues of the conflicts between international blocs. The negotiation history is systematically presented in five phases, demonstrating the evolution of decision-making. The book discusses the coalitions, actors and potential role of the judiciary, as well as human rights issues in addressing the climate change problem. It argues for a methodical solution through global law and constitutionalism, which could provide the quantum jump needed in addressing the problem of climate governance. This fascinating and accessible account will be a key resource for policymakers and NGOs, and also for researchers and graduate students in climate policy, geopolitics, climate change, environmental policy and law, and international relations

Unlike the developed world, which is locked into its production-, consumption-, and infrastructure-intensive lifestyles, the developing countries still have multiple options.