Changing climates in North American politics : institutions, policymaking, and multilevel governance / edited by Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Changing Climates and Institution Building across the Continent / Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer -- I. Between Kyoto and Washington -- 2. Climate Change Politics in Mexico / Simone Pulver -- 3. Looking for Leadership: Canada and Climate Change Policy / Peter J. Stoett -- II. States and Cities Out Front -- 4. Second-Generation Climate Policies in the States: Proliferation, Diffusion, and Regionalization / Barry G. Rabe -- 5. Field Notes on the Political Economy of California Climate Policy / Alexander E. Farrell and W. Michael Hanemann -- 6. Climate Leadership in Northeast North America / Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer -- 7. Local Government Response to Climate Change: Our Last, Best Hope? / Christopher Gore and Pamela Robinson -- III. Continental Politics -- 8. NAFTA as a Forum for CO[subscript 2] Permit Trading? / Michele M. Betsill -- 9. Renewable Electricity Politics across Borders / Ian H. Rowlands -- 10. Arctic Climate Change: North American Actors in Circumpolar Knowledge Production and Policymaking / Annika E. Nilsson -- IV. Climate Action among Firms, Campuses, and Individuals -- 11. Business Strategies and Climate Change / Charles A. Jones and David L. Levy -- 12. Insurance and Reinsurance in a Changing Climate / Virginia Haufler -- 13. Campus Climate Action / Dovev Levine -- 14. Communicating Climate Change and Motivating Civic Action: Renewing, Activating, and Building Democracies / Susanne C. Moser -- 15. North American Climate Governance: Policymaking and Institutions in the Multilevel Greenhouse / Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer.