Shaping National Responses to Climate Change

Shaping National Responses to Climate Change explores methods of designing, implementing, and gaining political support -- both domestically and internationally -- for strategies and policies to reduce greenhouse gases. The book frames the issue and assesses the economic, policy, and management tradeoffs involved in:

• designing strategies for international agreements
• developing and implementing the means to enforce international agreements
• comparing alternative policy responses
• transferring technology from developed to developing countries
• making the transition from an international agreement to a domestic agenda to implement that agreement

Rather than promote specific options, the authors present a strategic framework from which specific alternatives can be assessed and compared, and offer guidance and advice that will be essential throughout the decade.