Titans of the Climate: Explaining Policy Process in the United States and China

by Xiaowei Xuan and Kelly Sims Gallagher

Book Overview

How the planet's two largest greenhouse gas emitters navigate climate policy.

The United States and China together account for a disproportionate 45 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. In 2014, then-President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced complementary efforts to limit emissions, paving the way for the Paris Agreement. And yet, with President Trump's planned withdrawal from the Paris accords and Xi's consolidation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026253584X
• ISBN13: 9780262535847
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher