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Authors: Anthony Giddens

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coping with hazards
62
insurance
catastrophe bonds
176
–
8
flooding and
171
scales of damage
173
–
5
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme
169
interest groups
114
see also
business; civil society; green movement
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the UN (IPCC)
controversies
22
–
3
geoengineering
137
NGOs and
123
nuclear power
133
origins in Montreal Protocol
185
political body of
20
predictions of
15
–
18
,
20
–
1
radicals disagree with
27
scenarios
100
sceptics and
19
UN role and
208
International Energy Agency
136
peak oil
37
international institutions
embedding issue in
3
Lovelock's lack of faith in
30
mirage of world order
209
–
13
see also
international negotiations; United Nations
International Labour Organization
177
international negotiations
3
–
4
abrogation of
213
aiming for consensus
116
–
19
Bali conference
189
Cancun conference
193
–
4
coalitions and collaborations
220
–
2
Copenhagen conference
190
–
2
failure in practical results
194
historical view of
185
–
9
role of UN
227
–
8
Iran
45
,
213
Iraq
213
Islam
Petropolitics and
217
–
18
Israel
35
Japan
energy conservation
35
Fukushima leaks
78
,
81
,
92
,
133
–
4
geothermal energy
135
political consensus
118
US military bases in
207
jobs
Millennium Declaration
214
renewable technologies and
146
–
50
Jones, Philip
21
–
3
Jones, Van
The Green Economy
149
Kagan, Robert
The Return of History and the End of Dreams
209
–
13
Kazakhstan
208
Kerry, John
90
Kingdon, John
Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies
113
–
15
Klare, Michael
207
,
222
Krieger, Martin
52
Kunstler, James
161
Kuwait
215
Kyoto conference
77
,
83
,
87
carbon markets
199
Clean Development Mechanism
188
common denominators
117
EU meets targets
195
negotiations for
186
–
9
regional approaches
220
Russia and
219
Kyrgystan
208
Lafferty, William
Implementing Sustainable Development
(with Meadowcroft)
61
Laos
180
Latin America
226
–
7
Latvia
197
Lawson, Nigel
42
–
3
Leeb, Stephen
37
Lieberman, Joseph
88
,
90
,
222
Limits to Growth
(Club of Rome)
59
Lipton tea company
126
Lithuania
197
local governance
EU subsidiarity
168
green principles and
51
integrated approaches
97
levels of governance
5
planning
98
Lomborg, Bjørn
191
The Skeptical Environmentalist
19
The Lomborg Deception
(Friel)
19
Lovelock, James
29
–
30
Lovins, Amory
hypercars
143
–
4
natural capitalism
139
–
40
Lovins, Hunter
hypercars
143
–
4
low-carbon living
investing in technology for
89
jobs and
146
–
7
,
147
positive models of
8
present technology and
131
–
40
promoting
110
as utopia
160
–
2
Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio
225
–
6
McCain, John
88
MacDonald, Christine
Green, Inc
125
–
6
McKee, Martin
25
–
6
Major Economics Forum
221
Manmohan Singh
224
Mann, Michael
21
–
2
Mao Zedong
216
markets
case against
48
–
9
environmental goods
4
GM crops
69
state intervention in
95
–
6
see also
carbon trading
Markey, Edward
88
Marsh, Marcia
125
Marx, Karl
229
Meadowcroft, James
Implementing Sustainable Development
(with Lafferty)
61
MERCOSUR
210
Merkel, Angela
81
methane
agriculture and
69
greenhouse effect
11
peat bogs and
27
–
8
Mexico
207
,
226
–
7
NAFTA
210
public attitudes
105
Michaels, Patrick
19
Middle East
imperialism and
34
oil resources of
9
Petropolitics
217
–
18
resource conflicts
207
US and
47
see also individual countries
Millennium Declaration
214
Mitchell, Cynthia
101
Mongolia
179
Montreal Protocol
185
Morganthau, Hans
211
Morris, William
50
,
51
Munich Re
177
Myanmar
179
Nakhle, Carol
36
nation-states
see
states
National Academy of Sciences
24
National Adaptation Programme of Action
183
nature
benevolence of
58
mystical reverence for
55
staying close to
54
Nature
(Emerson)
50
Netherlands
Environmental Assessment Agency
23
IPCC controversy
22
–
3
new protein sources
101
political consensus
118
New Zealand
Copenhagen conference
190
geothermal energy
135
Nicaragua
179
Nigeria
207
,
208
Nike
124
,
223
El Niño/La Niña
27
,
28
,
102
stars reveal
182
non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
business and
125
–
6
ensuring standards
121
as pressure group
121
–
3
,
124
–
5
role of
121
–
3
scientific research and
123
Nordhaus, Ted
148
–
9
North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA)
210
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Arctic security
204
counterpart organizations
208
North, Richard
20
,
60
Norway
81
,
219
Arctic resources
203
–
4
carbon tax
153
environmental performance
77
nuclear power
Chernobyl
134
France and
35
,
42
Fukushima leaks
78
,
81
,
92
,
133
–
4
Germany
80
–
1
IPCC on
133
Iran
45
present technology
131
,
132
–
4
states phase out
51
Sweden
78
UK
85
,
86
USA
88
waste disposal
133
Obama, Barack
88
–
9
,
223
Copenhagen conference
190
–
1
oil
Arctic resources
203
–
4
,
206
conflict and security
207
–
8
dominance of
33
future generations and
120
imperialism and
34
new sources
36
–
9
North Sea
81
,
85
OPEC and
34
–
5
,
78
,
81
peak in supply
8
,
36
–
9
Petropolitics
217
–
220
price of
7
,
9
–
10
,
35
,
37
,
156
spills
39
–
40
state resources
215
Sudan
205
transport by sea
207
OPEC
oil embargo
78
,
81
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
34
–
5
OXFAM
193
–
4
Pacala, Stephen
140
Pachauri, Rajendra
46
Pakistan
180
,
207
Parks, Bradley
178
–
9

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