Feeling the heat [Book] : the politics of climate policy in rapidly industrializing countries / edited by Ian Bailey, Hugh Compston.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Climate policy : issues and opportunities for rapidly industrializing countries / Terry Barker -- BRICs in the global climate regime : rapidly industrializing countries and international climate negotiations / Deborah Davenport -- Ever closer partnerships? European Union relations with rapidly industrializing countries on climate change / Stavors Afionis and Ian Bailey -- The United States and rapidly industrializing countries : climate policy in bilateral relations / Paul G. Harris -- Supporting China's green leap forward : political strategies for China's climate policies / Miriam Schröder -- India and climate change : energy, equity and development / Susannah Fisher -- More than hot air : the economics and politics of climate change in Russia / Nicholas Howarth and Andrew Foxall -- Climate politics in Brazil : public awareness, social transformations and emissions reduction / Eduardo Viola and Matias Franchini -- Political strategy and climate policy in rapidly industrializing countries / Ian Bailey and Hugh Compston.

To avoid uncontrolled climate change, greenhouse gas emissions will have to be brought under control by major emitters outside the affluent West. The authors investigate the political obstacles in BRIC countries and what their governments could do to strengthen climate policies without incurring serious political damage.