The Kyoto Protocol: International Climate Policy for the 21st Century by Sebastian Oberthür and Hermann Ott, Springer-Verlag, DM98, ISBN 354066470X
IT’S one thing working out whether, how and why the Earth’s climate is changing. It’s quite another to work out what to do about it. Decisions have to be taken before all the evidence is in to forestall possible disasters—such as massive crop failure. These decisions have to be taken internationally, wresting agreement from hundreds of competing positions and interests, not least because our climate does not recognise national borders.
Kyoto, Japan, was the venue for the 20th…
