Precious Air: The KyotoProtocol and Profit in the Global Warming Game [Perfect Paperback]

Alan Reed (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 19, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1585974005 | ISBN-13: 978-1585974009 | Edition: IPPY Gold Award Book

IPPY National Gold Award Winner, Book of the Year by Independent Publisher. US Senator Pete Domenici writes: "Professor Reed has superbly assessed the complicated mechanisms of the Kyoto Treaty, dealing with global warming, whether you are an investor in 'carbon trading' or an interested citizen, you will learn how the Kyoto Treaty can shape international economics and individual responses to this important issue of our time." Precious Air is the definitve study of global warming's affect on global economics, public policy, and commodities finance. Here is the story of the UN struggles that produced the Kyoto Protocol and the new emissions trading industry. "Precious Air" will prepare you to discuss the internationsl community's response to the emerging scientific initiatives to control global warming induced by greenhouse gases. If you want to know what the quiet revolution brought by the Kyoto Protocol has done to the world economy, or to evaluate the possibility of slowing global warming through capping emissions from 12,000 enterprises in the Annex 1 countries, or to know how the UN works, this study by an active participant in the United Nations in the critical years immediately following the Kyoto conference is a must.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Dr. Reed's book is an excellent resource for all managers facing the challenges of meeting greenhouse gas emissions reductions induced by the Kyoto Protocol. He walks you through how and why Kyoto came into force and what must be done to meet its complicated regulations. --Scott D. Storment, Senior Officer, North American Development Bank, San Antonio

About the Author

Alan Reed wrote "Precious Air" based on eight years of extensive involvement in the meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties and related technical groups and international seminars. He came to the global warming field from a broad backgrond in academics and public policy analysis. He is an Emeritus Professor of Public Administration at the University of New Mexico. Reed received his Ph.D. degree in Government from the University of Texas after completing his Masters degree from the University of Kansas as an analyst in American Foreign Policy at the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. His extensive teaching and research career at the University of New Mexico included numerous interests related to public policy and programs in the environmental field. He served for nearly ten years as a Senior Associate at the New Mexico Engineering Research Institute, working with state, local and tribal governments on improvements in public policy and finance. He was involved in projects to introduce clean air and water requirements to numerous governments. He was also a key organizer of the first planning workshop for the border infrastructure institiutions formed under the North American Free Trade Agreement. Reed was a delegate for the World Business Council on Sustainable Development to COPs 5-7 and the related subsidiary bodies. He has been an advisor on greenhouse gas data management for the U S Department of Energy and a member of the Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders program.

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Green Fields America; IPPY Gold Award Book edition (October 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585974005
• ISBN-13: 978-1585974009
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,959,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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