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From Copenhagen to Paris: Climate Change and the Limits of Rationality, Multilateralism, and Leadership

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Abstract:
The article offers the author's insights on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December 2009 and the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in 2015. Topics discussed include several factors that affect climate policy such as human behavior, multilateralism, and national economic imperatives, the prospect of the U.S. and China on low-carbon development, and connection of economic management with climate risk.

Citation

Wong, Penny, "From Copenhagen to Paris: Climate Change and the Limits of Rationality, Multilateralism, and Leadership" (2015). The Brown Journal of World Affairs. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/ktcf-4391

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  • The Brown Journal of World Affairs

    The Brown Journal of World Affairs is a semiannual journal of international relations and foreign policy produced at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. The Journal features original articles by and interviews with world leaders, policymakers, and …
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