Council on Foreign Relations
Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — September 2009
Confronting climate change; a strategy for U.S. foreign policy; report of an independent task force.
Council on Foreign Relations. Independent Task Force on Climate Change. (Independent task force report; no.61)
Council on Foreign Relations, ©2008 122 p. $15.00 QC981
978-0-87609-412-9
This independent task force report from the Council on Foreign Relations notes that while climate change is now almost universally recognized by policymakers, there is still a lack of consensus on the strategies that should be employed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The 29 task force members have included a history and summary of US climate policy, a discussion of how to achieve leverage on global emissions and details on a United Nations deal that may emerge as a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. Policymakers and scholars are also provided with a recommended strategy for leadership and an outline of a global partnership for climate cooperation. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
