A Fragmented Continent: Latin America and the Global Politics of Climate Change

by J. Timmons Roberts and Guy Edwards

Book Overview

How Latin American countries became leading voices and innovators on addressing climate change--and what threatens their leadership.

Latin American countries have increased their influence at the United Nations climate change negotiations and offered potential solutions on coping with global warming. But in the face of competing priorities, sometimes these climate policies are jettisoned, undermined, or simply ignored.

A Fragmented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262528118
• ISBN13: 9780262528115
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher