how it happened, why it matters, and what comes next Stern, Todd 1951- creator text bibliography mau 2024 monographic eng 266 pages ; 24 cm. "This book is Todd Stern's eyewitness account of the full, charged, seven-year story of how the Paris Agreement came to be, following an arc from Copenhagen, to Durban, to the secret U.S.-China climate deal in 2014, to Paris itself. It illuminates the strategy and tactics, policy, politics and diplomacy that made Paris possible, and it also depicts the pitfalls and challenges overcome, the struggle between different groups of countries, the sometimes shifting alliances, the last-minmute maneuvering and the ultimate historic success"-- Creative destruction : the start -- Creative destruction: the pivot -- Creative destruction : the battle -- The thirteenth month -- A mandate in Durban -- The gears engage -- The China card -- The far turn -- Paris -- The road ahead. Todd Stern. Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-254) and index. Conference of the Parties (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) (21st : 2015 : Paris, France) Conferencia de las Partes (Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático) (21.ª: 2015: París, Francia) Climatic changes Law and legislation International cooperation Cambios climáticos Cooperación internacional Cambios climáticos Legislación Enforcement measures (International law) Environmental aspects Greenhouse gas mitigation Law and legislation Mitigación de gases de efecto invernadero Legislación Climatic changes Government policy Cambios climáticos Política gubernamental K 3585.5 S839l 2024 344.04/6342 Stern, Todd. Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2024 (DLC) 2023057518 9780262049146 (hardcover) 0262049147 (hardcover) 2023057517 DLC 240408 20260127160642.0 23633776 eng