Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 What Makes This Research Significant? 1.2 What Is the Climate Coalition Framework? 1.3 Studying U.S. Climate Policy: Which Perspectives and Theories? 1.4 How This Book Is Organized? Chapter 2 The Evolution of U.S. Climate Policy 2.1 The Nature of the Issue of Global Climate Change 2.2 The Rise of the Issue and International Climate Negotiations 2.3 The Evolution of U.S. Climate Policy in the Post-Cold War Era 2.4 Relevant Data on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Chapter 3 The George H. W. Bush Administration and UNFCCC 3.1 Before the Negotiation of UNFCCC 3.2 Negotiations from INCl to INC4 3.3 INC5 and the Signing of UNFCCC 3.4 Summary from the Perspective of the Climate Coalition Framework Chapter 4 The Clinton Administration and the Kyoto Protocol 4.1 The Convening of COPl 4.2 From C0P2 to COP3 4.3 After C0P3 4.4 Summary from the Perspective of the Climate Coalition Framework Chapter 5 The George W. Bush Administration and an Alternative Approach to the Kyoto Protocol 5.1 Opting Out of the Kyoto Protocol ……