Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Comprehensive examination of the economic, social, and political context of climate policy in industrialized and developing nations. Calls for a multilateral approach that goes beyond the mitigation-focused Kyoto policies and stresses the importance of generating policies that work within a time frame commensurate with that of climate change itself"--Provided by publisher.

Introduction / Ernest Zedillo -- The IPCC : establishing the evidence / R.K. Pachauri -- Is the global warming alarm founded on fact? / Richard S. Lindzen -- Anthropogenic climate change : revisiting the facts / Stefan Rahmstorf -- "Dangerous" climate change : key vulnerabilities / Stephen H. Schneider -- The policy implications of climate change impacts / Robert Mendelsohn -- Economic analyses of the Kyoto Protocol : is there life after Kyoto? / William D. Nordhaus -- The European emissions trading regime and the future of Kyoto / Gernot Klepper and Sonja Peterson -- Climate change : designing an effective response / Thomas Heller -- An international policy architecture for the post-Kyoto era / Robert N. Stavins -- Controversies of Russian climate policy and opportunities for greenhouse gas reduction / Alexander Golub -- Climate policy in the United Kingdom / Howard Dalton -- Canada's approach to tackling climate change / John M.R. Stone -- India and climate change : mitigation, adaptation, and a way forward / Jvoti Parikh -- Correct choices for China : energy conservation, a cyclic economy, and a conservation-minded society / Shen Longhai.