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Contents
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 US
3. 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 unresolved;
1.3. 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 regime;
3.2. 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 Negotiations References;
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
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