Beyond Politics The Private Governance Response to Climate Change Vandenbergh

Beyond PoliticsThe Private Governance Response to Climate Change\nAuthor(s): Michael P. Vandenbergh, Jonathan M. Gilligan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781316632482, 978-1316632482\nSynopsis\nPrivate sector action provides one of the most promising opportunities to reduce the risks of climate change, buying time while governments move slowly or even oppose climate mitigation. Starting with the insight that much of the resistance to climate mitigation is grounded in concern about the role of government, this books draws on law, policy, social science, and climate science to demonstrate how private initiatives are already bypassing government inaction in the US and around the globe. It makes a persuasive case that private governance can reduce global carbon emissions by a billion tons per year over the next decade. Combining an examination of the growth of private climate initiatives over the la.