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Our simmering planet : what to do about global warming? / (Record no. 145476)

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fixed length control field	00331nam a2200121Ia 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	1842770799
--	9781842770795
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency	CUS
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	525
Item number	GUP/O
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Gupta, Joyeeta
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Our simmering planet : what to do about global warming? /
Statement of responsibility, etc.	Joyeeta Gupta
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	London:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	Zed Book,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	2001.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	178 p.:
Other physical details	ill.;
Dimensions	20 cm.
440 ## - SERIES
Title	Global issues series (Zed Books)
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	1. Weathering the weather --<br/>Local weather calamities occurring globally --<br/>The cauldron of discontent --<br/>2. Climate instability and global warming: the evidence --<br/>What is climate change? --<br/>Laboratory models and predictions --<br/>The significance of laboratory predictions --<br/>Sources and sinks --<br/>Uncertainty about the distribution of impacts --<br/>Who is responsible, and what action can be taken? --<br/>Reasons for taking action --<br/>3. The climate change negotiations: from optimism to pragmatism --<br/>The initial optimism --<br/>The climate change treaty and its provisions: vague but setting a precedent --<br/>The common but differentiated approach: leadership proclaimed --<br/>The temporary dip --<br/>COP-3: The Kyoto protocol --<br/>Post Kyoto: COP-4 and 5 --<br/>Implementation without ratification --<br/>COP-6: irreconcilable breakdown or minor hitch in a long process? --<br/>Beyond 2001: critical issues ahead --<br/>4. The Kyoto regime and its controversies --<br/>Being principled about principles --<br/>Targets: horse-trading or fair-dealing? --<br/>The flexible mechanisms: carbon trading and others --<br/>Technology cooperation --<br/>The financial mechanism --<br/>Adaptation --<br/>Sinks --<br/>Equity: the targets and leadership revisited --<br/>5. The players and their concerns: caught between domestic oppostion and international commitments --<br/>The USA: beating about the bush --<br/>The UK --<br/>Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Norway: leaders turned laggards --<br/>Russia, Japan, China, India, South Africa --<br/>6. The game of coalitions --<br/>The North-South dichotomy --<br/>Northern coalitions --<br/>The European Unions --<br/>Eastern and Central Europe --<br/>Developing country coalitions --<br/>Curious coalitions. 7. The non-state actors and coalitions --<br/>The growing mass of non-state actors --<br/>Environmental NGO's --<br/>Industry and business: Russian Roulette or Casino Capitalism --<br/>Other social actors --<br/>8. Due process and the rule of law: towards decreasing transparency --<br/>Legitimacy: the growing challenge --<br/>Differences between countries in preparation for negotiating sessions --<br/>At the negotiations: when the going gets tough --<br/>9. Saving face is saving faith --<br/>Three steps forward, two steps back --<br/>Bonn 2001: Pyrrhic Victory --<br/>The problem redefined: ideological, technological and institutional 'lock-in' --<br/>The scenarios --<br/>Winner takes all: cynical issue linkages --<br/>Saving face --<br/>Re-thinking the north: the cracked mirror
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type	General Books

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Withdrawn status	Lost status	Damaged status	Not for loan	Home library	Current library	Shelving location	Date acquired	Full call number	Accession number	Date last seen	Koha item type
				Central Library, Sikkim University	Central Library, Sikkim University	General Book Section	28/08/2016	525 GUP/O	P00103	28/08/2016	General Books