Victor, D. G. G., Climate Change: Debating America's Policy Options, Council on Foreign Relations, Sept 2004, pp. 1-114. (UVA bookstore)

• Which of the three policy proposals set forth by David Victor makes the most sense to you?
• What role should scientific information play in political decisions about climate change?
• Why has the U. S. Senate thus far refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol?
• What was the effect of the Bush Administration’s withdrawal from international climate change treaty negotiations?
• The Kyoto Protocol did not become effective until February 16, 2005. Why did the European Union start to implement the Kyoto Protocol well before this date?
• What is meant by "cap and trade" and why has this type of program been embraced in the Protocol?
• How should we consider our obligations to future generations in our deliberations on climate change?

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Vivian Thomson, Professor of Environmental Science Prof. Vivian E. Thomson is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Environmental Sciences and Politics at the University of Virginia. Professionally, she is concerned with environmental politics ...