Politics of climate change : a European perspective / edited by Tim O'Riordan and Jill Jager.

New York : Routledge, 1996.

xiv, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

The history of climate change science and politics / Jill Jgẽr and Tim O'Riordan -- Legal obligations and uncertainties in the climate change convention / Elizabeth J. Rowbotham -- The science and politics of national greenhouse gas inventories / Susan Subak -- Social institutions and climate change / Tim O'Riordan and Andrew Jordan -- The European Community and climate change: the role of law and legal competence / Richard Macrory and Martin Hession -- Climate change policies and politics in the European Community / Nigel Haigh -- Climate change politics in Germany: how long will any double dividend last? / Christiane Beuermann and Jill Jgẽr -- Struggling for credibility: the United Kingdom's response / Tim O'Riordan and Elizabeth J. Rowbotham -- Norwegian climate policy: environmental idealism and economic realism / Anne Kristin Sydnes -- Climate change politics in Italy / Alessandra Marchetti -- External perspectives on climate change: a view from the United States and the Third World / Konrad von Moltke and Atiq Rahman -- Beyond climate change science and politics / Tim O'Riordan and Jill Jgẽr -- Appendix 1 : United Nations framework convention on climate change -- Appendix 2 : The Berlin Mandate

Includes bibliographical references and index