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A Fragmented Continent: Latin America and the Global Politics of Climate Change
Contributor(s): Edwards, Guy (Author), Roberts, J. Timmons (Author), Lagos, Ricardo (Foreword by)

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ISBN: 0262528118     ISBN-13: 9780262528115
Publisher: MIT Press
OUR PRICE: $31.50  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy
- Political Science | World - Caribbean & Latin American
- Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental)
Dewey: 363.738
LCCN: 2015026022
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Series: Politics, Science, and the Environment
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (0.85 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Latin America
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Choice 07/01/2016
 
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Publisher Description:
How Latin American countries became leading voices and innovators on addressing climate change--and what threatens their leadership.

Latin American countries have increased their influence at the United Nations climate change negotiations and offered potential solutions on coping with global warming. But in the face of competing priorities, sometimes these climate policies are jettisoned, undermined, or simply ignored.

A Fragmented Continent focuses on Latin America's three major blocs at the U.N. climate negotiations and how they attempt to balance climate action with building prosperity. Brazil has reduced its deforestation but continues its drive for economic growth and global recognition. A leftist group led by Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador decries the injustice of climate change but is highly dependent on the export of fossil fuels. A new group, including Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru and supported by Mexico, offers sharp reductions in their carbon emissions in return for greater action by others; these countries now have to deliver on their promises. Weaving together issues of politics and economy, trade, foreign policy, civil society, and environmental protection, A Fragmented Continent offers a long-missing perspective on one of this century's greatest challenges and neglected regions.


Contributor Bio(s): Roberts, J. Timmons: - J. Timmons Roberts is Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at Brown University and coauthor of A Climate of Injustice (MIT Press).Edwards, Guy: - Guy Edwards is Research Fellow at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society and Codirector of the Climate and Development Lab and cofounder of Intercambio Climático.Haas, Peter M.: - Peter M. Haas is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
 
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