ABSTRACT
Almost ten years after the Kyoto Protocol was signed it seems appropriate to review the development of climate change policy in the European Union, Canada and the United States. All three are fragmented polities, with federal or quasi-federal arrangements. Together, the three jurisdictions contribute the largest share – two-thirds-of greenhouse gases (GHG) produced annually and each has had its own challenges in developing a coherent and politically palatable response to the challenges of global warming (Tanzler and Carius 2004).
