Climate Treaties and Approaching Catastrophes

Update: 2012-03-12

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Contributor(s): Professor Scott Barrett | Professor Barrett discusses whether the prospect of approaching climate catastrophes makes international cooperation on climate change any easier, and examines how the international system is likely to respond to the future crossing of a 'climate tipping point'. Scott Barrett is the Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and the Earth Institute.

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Climate Treaties and Approaching Catastrophes

Professor Scott Barrett

Climate Treaties and Approaching Catastrophes