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INDEX
acid rain
198
–
9
adaptation
capacity for
164
developing nations
178
–
84
insurance and
175
–
8
issues of
163
–
6
precautionary principle and
164
–
5
proactive
164
UK floods
170
–
3
weather events and
165
–
6
Adaptation Fund (UN)
163
,
180
–
1
Afghanistan
213
Africa
resource conflicts
207
subsistence farming
181
see also individual countries
Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies
(Kingdon)
113
–
15
agriculture and food
bioengineering and GMOs
67
–
70
biofuels and
70
–
1
,
135
,
196
developing countries
181
–
182
Europe
167
fertilizer use
70
floating gardens
183
Kyoto projects
189
new protein sources
101
subsistence farming
181
Allianz insurance
177
Aloca
126
American Petroleum Institute
122
Amsterdam, Treaty of
60
Anderson, Kevin on international negotiations
194
Angola
208
animal and plant species
biodiversity
169
protection of
54
rights and responsibilities
120
Asia
adaptation and
167
ASEAN
210
see also individual countries
Austin Energy
110
Australia
bans old light bulbs
112
Copenhagen conference
190
Kyoto negotiations
186
,
187
planning for water supply
101
–
2
Avery , Dennis
18
backcasting
100
–
2
Bahrain
217
–
18
Bali conference
123
,
189
Baltic Sea pollution
79
Bangladesh
catastrophe insurance
177
Climate Risk Index
179
,
180
corruption in
215
–
16
Barroso, José Manuel
196
–
7
Beddington, John
196
Berlusconi, Silvio
197
biodiversity
see
animal and plant species
bioengineering and GMOs
precautionary principle
67
–
70
biofuels
70
–
1
Brazil's ethanol
225
–
6
Carstedt and
127
–
128
EU
195
,
196
jobs
148
present technology
131
,
134
,
135
status of
138
Sweden
78
biomass energy
Kyoto projects
189
Bolivia
182
Booker, Christopher
20
Bosnia
211
,
212
BP
223
carbon trading
199
Deepwater spill
39
–
40
imperial past
34
Brand, Stewart
132
Brazil
207
,
231
accepting responsibility
9
climate change policies
225
–
6
Copenhagen Accord
191
–
2
,
193
democracy of
209
environmental performance
87
ethanol scheme
90
,
225
–
6
Kyoto negotiations
188
NGOs within
126
as oil source
37
public attitudes
105
Britain
see
United Kingdom
Browne, John
34
Brundtland, Gro Harlem
59
–
60
BSkyB
223
Bulgaria
197
Bush, George W.
88
,
209
business and industry
agriculture and
70
blocking initiatives
96
co-operative efforts
72
connecting with solutions
115
–
116
developing countries
93
energy industry
142
,
200
EU emissions and
196
fundamental role of
94
green movement and
5
green presentations
123
–
4
lobby groups
122
,
144
,
199
NGOs and
125
–
6
obligations of
121
oil and
8
R&D
142
sceptical position of
121
–
2
short-termism
99
,
128
see also
markets
Calderon, Felipe
227
Cameron, David
86
Canada
Arctic resources
203
–
4
carbon markets
201
environmental performance
87
NAFTA
210
Cancun conference
193
–
4
Brazil and
226
India and
224
,
225
Mexico and
227
car industry
energy efficiency
35
,
108
,
109
green presentations
124
hypercars
143
–
4
,
145
India's Tata Nano
46
modern life and
160
–
2
plug-in electrics
131
–
2
poorer households and
155
US-China cooperation
223
see also
biofuels
carbon capture
85

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