Abstract

What hope should we have that a binding, international agreement will be negotiated and lead to reductions in GHG emissions sufficient to avert dangerous levels of global warming? In this article we argue the case for pessimism on theoretical and historical grounds, arguments that we believe take on added importance in light of what happened at the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December 2009.

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