The global development of policy regimes to combat climate change

About the Contributors; About the Editors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Background; 2. The Global Perspective; 3. Country and Regional Perspectives; 4. Issues and Negotiating Approaches; 5. The Future; Chapter 1. Global Cooperation and Understanding to Accelerate Climate Action; 1. Introduction; 2. Key Milestones in Climate Change Negotiations; 3. Where Are We Heading?; 4. A New Industrial Revolution; 5. Action in the Developed and Developing World; 6. Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches; 7. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. The US and Action on Climate Change; 1. Introduction 2. Recent Trends in Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the US3. US Role in Global Climate Change Negotiations; 4. Key National Climate Change Policies and Their Development; 4.1. Initiatives at federal level; 4.2. Initiatives at regional, state and local levels; 5. Lessons from the US Climate Change Policy and the Way Forward; 6. Conclusions; Annex 1; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3. Challenges and Reality: China's Dilemma on Durban Platform Negotiation; 1. How to Interpret the Durban Outcome; 1.1. The North and South achieved a balanced outcome of the Durban Conference 1.2. Key sticking points remain unresolved1.3. No substantial progress on emission reduction targets, finance mechanisms and technology transfer; 1.4. Durban was a milestone in the process of climate negotiation, but hardly was a success; 2. The Durban Platform and the Post-2012 International Climate Negotiation; 2.1. Three parallel negotiation tracks under two UNFCCC mandates; 2.2. Divergence of interests between the North and South hampers breakthrough on key negotiation issues; 3. Key Issues in the Durban Platform Negotiation 3.1. "Common but differentiated responsibilities" in the future international regime3.2. The issue of legal form; 3.3. The framework and agenda of the Durban Platform; 3.4. The roadmap and timetable of the Durban Platform; 4. China's Dilemma about Taking Part in Negotiations; 4.1. Low level of social and economic development; 4.2. Rapid urbanization leads to emission growth; 4.3. Industrialization and embodied energy export; 4.4. Resource endowment and difficult adjustment of energy structure; 4.5. Inefficient technology with lock-in effect of technologies 5. Prospects for the Durban Platform NegotiationsReferences; Chapter 4. Sustainable Growth and Climate Change: Evolution of India's Strategies; 1. Introduction; 2. Climate Change in India; 2.1. India's emissions; 2.2. Vulnerability to climate change; 3. Key Climate Change Strategies up to the Eleventh FYP; 3.1. The Stockholm UN Conference; 3.2. The UNFCCC; 3.3. Kyoto Protocol; 3.4. The 11th FYP; 3.5. National action plan on climate change; 3.6. State action plans on climate change; 4. 12th FYP; 4.1. Low-carbon growth strategy; 4.2. Sustainable development policies and programs