Climate change Books
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Caching the Carbon: The Politics and Policy of
Book SynopsisOver the past decade, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has come to the fore as a way to manage carbon dioxide emissions contributing to climate change. This book examines its introduction into the political scene, different interpretations of its significance as an emerging technology and the policy challenges facing government and international institutions with respect to its development, deployment and regulation. The focus of the book is on the construction of arguments about CCS in the public sphere, the coalitions of actors who have articulated distinctive perspectives on CCS and the varied strategies governments have adopted to integrate it into climate and energy policies. The authors analyse the issues decision-makers now confront in encouraging the uptake of the technology, managing uncertainties and regulating attendant risks. The book includes case studies of the reception of CCS in seven OECD countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. Developments in the EU form the subject of an eighth case study. The authors point to the political significance of CCS as a mitigation option offering a way forward for fossil fuels in a carbon constrained world, while also emphasizing the uncertainties that surround its future development and deployment. Students, scholars and researchers from a wide variety of fields who are interested in climate change, energy policy, and the politics and policy of the environment will find this book illuminating, as will officials and policy makers in international organizations and governments.Trade Review'. . . the volume is a timely and informative text for students and academics, as well as for practitioners within international organizations and governments.' -- Rudra Kapila, Climate LawTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle 2. Technology Leader, Policy Laggard: CCS Development for Climate Mitigation in the US Political Context Jennie C. Stephens 3. CCS in Australia: From Political Posturing to Policy Potential Darren Sinclair and Neil Gunningham 4. CCS in Canada Mark Jaccard and Jacqueline Sharp 5. Technology as Political Glue: CCS in Norway Andreas Tjernshaugen and Oluf Langhelle 6. Electricity Gap versus Climate Change: Electricity Politics and the Potential Role of CCS in Germany Barbara Praetorius and Christoph von Stechow 7. CCS in the UK: Squaring Coal Use with Climate Change? Ivan Scrase and Jim Watson 8. CCS in the Netherlands: Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Philip J. Vergragt 9. CCS and the European Union: Magic Bullet or Pure Magic? Dag Harald Claes and Paal Frisvold 10. CCS in Comparative Perspective Oluf Langhelle and James Meadowcroft 11. The Politics and Policy of CCS: The Uncertain Road Ahead James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Low Carbon Communities: Imaginative Approaches to
Book SynopsisCommunity action is a vital strategy in the fight against climate change and has increasingly informed government policy, academic inquiry and grassroots action since the start of this century. This timely and engaging volume explores both the promise of community-based action in tackling climate change and some of its limitations.On the one hand, community-based action offers a meaningful way to achieve global targets and an avenue for renewing social relations at the local level. On the other, it challenges fundamental aspects of social organization in the modern economy and sometimes comes into conflict with wider structures and constraints. This volume brings together theoretical and practical perspectives on community action to mobilize social change towards a sustainable, low carbon future. The opportunities and challenges are considered through a diverse range of models and case studies. Fresh conceptual insights are provided and new light is shed on the policy implications and practical ramifications of establishing effective community engagement in efforts to combat climate change locally. This book will prove a stimulating read for academic researchers in the fields of climate change science, local and national level policy analysis and governance research. Local authorities, development agencies and policy makers seeking to understand and to influence the behaviours and practices of ‘energy consumers’ and the communities in which they live will also find much to inspire them.Trade Review‘We are faced with the greatest challenge to public engagement since World War Two, and a new discourse of fear - not military invasion but climate change. At the same time most people cannot grasp the scale of the challenge nor what they are supposed to do about it. Good governance requires an informed citizenry who are much more than consumers and customers, but active participants in a new post-carbon politics. Low Carbon Communities helps to set out the political and cultural agenda for the first half of the twenty-first century and, ultimately, the imaginative approaches that are required now to address climate change.’ -- Michael Redclift, University of London, UK‘Few aspects of the transition to sustainability are more important than the search for effective means of enabling behaviour change, innovation and cooperation in local communities. This collection is a hugely valuable contribution to our understanding, and to the work of practitioners and policy makers alike.’ -- From the Foreword by Ian Christie, Associate, Green Alliance and Chair, RESOLVE Advisory CommitteeTable of ContentsContents: Preface: The Research Group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment (RESOLVE) Foreword Ian Christie Introduction PART I: FACILITATING THE LOW CARBON TRANSITION: THEORETICAL AND INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE 1. Community Engagement and Social Organization: Introducing Concepts, Policy and Practical Applications Michael Peters 2. Sustainable Communities: Neo-Tribalism between Modern Lifestyles and Social Change David Evans 3. The Social Dimensions of Behaviour Change: An Overview of Community-based Interventions to Encourage Pro-environmental Behaviours Wokje Abrahamse PART II: CHALLENGES FOR LOCAL LEVEL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY AND ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR LOW CARBON COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE 4. Transforming the Nation-state through Environmentalism: Political Influences on a Multi-level Governance Framework in the UK Shane Fudge 5. The Role of Local Authorities in Galvanizing Action to Tackle Climate Change: A Practitioner’s Perspective Simon Roberts 6. Mobilizing Sustainability: Partnership Working between a Pro-cycling NGO and Local Government in London Justin Spinney 7. Low Carbon Communities and the Currencies of Change Gill Seyfang 8. Decarbonizing Local Economies: A New Low Carbon, High Well-being Model of Local Economic Development Elizabeth Cox and Victoria Johnson PART III: MODELS OF SUSTAINABLE AND LOW CARBON COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 9. The Community Carbon Reduction Programme Simon Gerrard 10. Global Action Plan’s EcoTeams Programme Scott Davidson 11. Woking Borough Council: Working Towards a Low Carbon Community Lara Curran 12. Intentional Community Carbon Reduction and Climate Change Action: From Ecovillages to Transition Towns Joshua Lockyer 13. Energy Conscious Households in Action (ECHO Action) Elliot Bushay 14. The HadLOW CARBON Community: Behavioural Evolution in the Face of Climate Change Howard Lee and Julie Taylor 15. Empowering Farmers to React and to Act: From an Anti-golf Course Pressure Group to a Community-based Farmers’ Cooperative Mario Cardona Epilogue: Retrofitting Buildings Viewed as a Civil Engineering Project – Just Do It Michael Kelly Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Intellectual Property and Climate Change:
Book Synopsis'A historically grounded study on a cutting-edge topic, Intellectual Property and Climate Change has it all. Not only is it well-written, concise, and hugely informative, it is also a timely intervention addressing truly global challenges. Quite simply, a must-read.'- Eva Hemmungs Wirtén, Uppsala University, Sweden 'Rimmer provides a much needed, well written, authoritative book on the intellectual property aspects of climate change, natural disasters, clean vehicles, and renewable energy. The book is essential reading for those wishing to better understand the complex patent issues involved with transitioning away from our current fossil-dominated economy to a more environmentally sustainable and equitable energy future.'- Benjamin K. Sovacool, National University of Singapore In the wake of the international summits in Copenhagen and Cancun, there is an urgent need to consider the role of intellectual property law in encouraging research, development, and diffusion of clean technologies to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.This book charts the patent landscapes and legal conflicts emerging in a range of fields of innovation - including renewable forms of energy, such as solar power, wind power, and geothermal energy; as well as biofuels, green chemistry, green vehicles, energy efficiency, and smart grids. As well as reviewing key international treaties, this book provides a detailed analysis of current trends in patent policy and administration in key nation states, and offers clear recommendations for law reform. It considers such options as technology transfer, compulsory licensing, public sector licensing, and patent pools; and analyzes the development of Climate Innovation Centres, the Eco-Patent Commons, and environmental prizes, such as the L-Prize, the H-Prize, and the X-Prizes. This book will have particular appeal to policy-makers given its focus upon recent legislative developments and reform proposals, as well as legal practitioners by developing a better understanding of recent legal, scientific, and business developments, and how they affect their practice. Innovators, scientists and researchers will also benefit from reading this book. Contents:PrefaceIntroduction:The Wizards of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison, General Electric Inc. and EcomaginationPart I: International Law1. The Copenhagen Accord and the Cancun Agreements: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and Climate Change2. The TRIPS Agreement: Intellectual Property, Climate Change, and Disaster Capitalism3. Energy Poverty: The World Intellectual Property Organization and The Development AgendaPart II: Patent Law4. The Clean Technology Revolution: Patent Log-Jams and Fast-Tracks5. The Toyota Prius: Hybrid Cars, and Patent Trolls6. 'Clean Energy for America, Power Up America': Patent Law and Compulsory LicensingPart III: Innovation7. Climate Innovation Centres: Patent Law and Public Sector Licensing8. The Eco-Patent Commons: Patent Pools, Clearing-Houses, and Open Innovation9. Environmental Prizes: The H-Prize, the L-Prize, and the X-PrizeConclusion: Intellectual Property and Climate LawBibliographyIndexTrade Review'An historically grounded study on a cutting-edge topic, Intellectual Property and Climate Change has it all. Not only is it well-written, concise, and hugely informative, it is also a timely intervention addressing truly global challenges. Quite simply, a must-read.'- Eva Hemmungs Wirten, Uppsala University, Sweden 'Rimmer provides a much needed, well written, authoritative book on the intellectual property aspects of climate change, natural disasters, clean vehicles, and renewable energy. The book is essential reading for those wishing to better understand the complex patent issues involved with transitioning away from our current fossil-dominated economy to a more environmentally sustainable and equitable energy future.' - --Benjamin K. Sovacool, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: The Wizards of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison, General Electric Inc. and Ecomagination Part I: International Law 1. The Copenhagen Accord and the Cancún Agreements: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and Climate Change 2. The TRIPS Agreement: Intellectual Property, Climate Change, and Disaster Capitalism 3. Energy Poverty: The World Intellectual Property Organization and the Development Agenda Part II: Patent Law 4. The Clean Technology Revolution: Patent Log-Jams and Fast-Tracks 5. The Toyota Prius: Hybrid Cars, and Patent Trolls 6. ‘Clean Energy for America, Power up America’: Patent Law and Compulsory Licensing Part III: Innovation 7. Climate Innovation Centres: Patent Law and Public Sector Licensing 8. The Eco-Patent Commons: Patent Pools, Clearing Houses, and Open Innovation 9. Environmental Prizes: The H-Prize, the L-Prize, and the X-Prize Conclusion: Intellectual Property and Climate Law Bibliography Index
£153.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Comparative Ocean Governance: Place-Based
Book SynopsisComparative Ocean Governance examines the world's attempts to improve ocean governance through place-based management - marine protected areas, ocean zoning, marine spatial planning - and evaluates this growing trend in light of the advent of climate change and its impacts on the seas. This monograph opens with an explanation of the economics of the oceans and their value to the global environment and the earth's population, the long-term stressors that have impacted oceans, and the new threats to ocean sustainability that climate change poses. It then examines the international framework for ocean management and coastal nations' increasing adoption of place-based governance regimes. The final section explores how these place-based management regimes intersect with climate change adaptation efforts, either accidentally or intentionally. It then offers suggestions for making place-based marine management even more flexible and responsive for the future. Environmental law scholars, legislators and policy makers, marine scientists, and all those concerned for the welfare of the world's oceans will find this book of great value.Trade Review'Craig, an environmental law scholar, reviews the history of managing and governing coastal and oceanic systems after providing an extended abstract on historical and current stresses to these areas. She concludes with an extended section detailing emerging management philosophy and practices. The author's writing style is clear and remarkably lively. . . the book is a good introduction to an emerging topic - managing natural systems as the climate changes.' --S.R. Fegley, Choice'This short book provides a fascinating window into a vast subject.' --Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: The Ocean and the Threats to it 1. The Value of the Oceans 2. Non-Climate Threats to Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity 3. Climate Change and the Oceans Part II: Ocean Governance, International Law, and Place-based Protections for Marine Ecosystems 4. The International Legal Framework of Ocean Governance 5. Place-based Marine Governance: An Overview Part III: Adapting Place-based Marine Governance to Climate Change 6. ‘Accidental’ Adaptation: Climate Change and Existing Place-based Marine Management 7. Purposeful Climate Change Adaptation in Place-based Governance Systems 8. Making Marine Spatial Planning Climate Change Dynamic Conclusion Index
£88.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change and the Oceans: Gauging the Legal
Book SynopsisClimate Change and the Oceans investigates the effects of climate change on the ocean environment and its implications for maritime activities, both globally and within the Asia Pacific region.This detailed work draws together informed opinion from a range of disciplines to examine the impacts of climate change on marine and coastal areas and review legal and policy responses to the rapidly changing ocean environment. Issues including the effects on fisheries and marine biodiversity in the Asia Pacific region, maritime security, global shipping, marine jurisdiction and marine geo-engineering are also explored.Examining the multiple impacts of climate change on the oceans and ocean based solutions to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change, this thought-provoking book will prove invaluable to academics, researchers and students in the fields of law, environment, ecology and political science. Oceans and marine environmental policymakers will also find this to be an essential resource.Contributors: A. Arsana, M. Haward, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, S. Kaye, R. Kenchington, L. Kirkendale, S. Palassis, C. Rahman, R. Rayfuse, A. Rubio, C. Schofield, R. Warner, P.C. WinbergTrade Review'Climate Change and the Oceans: considers the effects of climate change on the oceans and its wider-ranging impact on maritime activities with a special focus on the Asia Pacific region and is a top pick gathering research and opinions from a wide range of disciplines. . . Many focuses on climate change don't consider political impacts in depth: this book includes all such concerns and is a solid starting point for taking environmental changes and relating them to human impact and strategy changes.' --The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Martin Tsamenyi 1. Climate Change and the Oceans: Legal and Policy Portents for the Asia Pacific Region and Beyond Robin Warner and Clive Schofield 2. Implications of Climate Change for Asian-Pacific Coastal and Oceanic Environments Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 3. Uncertain Seas Ahead: Legal and Policy Approaches to Conserving Marine Biodiversity in the Face of Changing Climate Richard Kenchington and Robin Warner 4. Climate Change and Marine Living Resources Pia C. Winberg, Ana Rubio and Lisa Kirkendale 5. Climate Change: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, Science, Law and Policy Marcus Haward 6. Climate Change and the Limits of Maritime Jurisdiction Clive Schofield and Andi Arsana 7. Climate Change and Maritime Security Stuart Kaye 8. The Implications of Climate Change for Maritime Security Forces Chris Rahman 9. Climate Change and Shipping Stathis Palassis 10. Climate Change Mitigation Activities in the Ocean: Turning up the Regulatory Heat Rosemary Rayfuse and Robin Warner Index
£115.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Deforestation and Climate Change: Reducing Carbon
Book SynopsisDeforestation and forest degradation have long been recognized as environmental problems, with concerns over conservation of natural habitats and biological diversity capturing both scientific and public attention. More recently, the debate over tropical forest conservation has radically shifted to the approximately fifteen percent of global greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by deforestation and forest degradation, and to the potential synergies from integrating forest management with climate change policies. The goal of this book is to shed light on some of the major concerns, issues and challenges related to the inclusion of forest carbon in international climate policies, as well as to illustrate some of the potential solutions and paths forward. In addition, the book describes the status of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) in international climate policy negotiations, providing an historical perspective and highlighting the current positions of key international players that will frame the future debate at the national, regional and international level. This study will find a broad readership among researchers and policymakers interested in the environment, climate change and resource management.Trade Review’. . . the chapters make up a book of high value as the most up-to-date compilation on this hot topic, designed to be a reference for researchers and policymakers interested in the environmental and forest-resource management at the national, regional and international levels.’ -- Ramón Elena-Rosselló and Santiago Saura, European Review of Agricultural Economics‘Deforestation and Climate Change provides a comprehensive overview of the state of play in international regimes, programs and proposals for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. . . the book brings together a collection of papers canvassing some very important topics, cleverly crafted by the editors to flow rationally from general observations to quite technical evaluation of methods and approaches. It caters for a range of audiences who may have a little knowledge of climate change policy development.’ -- Matt McIntyre, Australian Journal of Environmental ManagementTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Deforestation and Emerging Greenhouse Gas Compliance Regimes: Toward a Global Environmental Law of Forests, Carbon and Climate Governance William Boyd 2. From The Hague to Copenhagen: Why it Failed Then and Why it Could be Different Federica Bietta 3. The European Union’s Position on REDD Financing Pedro Piris-Cabezas 4. International Forest Carbon in the US Congress: A Survey of Key Congressional Staff Lou Leonard, Raymond Kopp and Nigel Purvis 5. Preparing for REDD: The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Benoît Bosquet, Stefano Pagiola and André Aquino 6. Incentives to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation: A Stock-Flow Approach with Target Reductions Andrea Cattaneo 7. Towards a Sound REDD: Ensuring Globally Consistent Reference Scenarios and Safeguarding Sustainability Co-Benefits Michael Obersteiner, Ewald Rametsteiner, Florian Kraxner, Ian McCallum, Kentaro Aoki, Hannes Boettcher, Steffen Fritz, Mykola Gusti, Petr Havlik, Georg Kindermann and Belinda Reyers 8. Financing Global Forests: The Eliasch Review Graham Floater and Duncan Stone 9. REDD and the Global Carbon Market: The Role of Banking Pedro Piris-Cabezas 10. Options on REDD as a Hedging Tool for Post-Kyoto Climate Policy Alexander Golub 11. Epilogue: REDD Past, Present, and Future Valentina Bosetti and Ruben Lubowski Index
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Changing Climate, Changing Economy
Book SynopsisHow did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding and how the study of climate change has modified the economy. Changing Climate, Changing Economy will interest researchers and students in a variety of fields including environmental policy economics, ecological economics, public policy and the environment as well as environmental ethics. Climatologists, environmentalists, public policy advisers and analysts will also find this book invaluable.Trade Review'This volume brings a remarkable variety of viewpoints on appropriate policy to meet the threats brought on by man-made climate change. Not only economic theory but broader political and methodological perspectives are brought to bear by an authoritative set of authors, in what is certainly a significant contribution to the debate.' -- Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Changing Climate, Changing Economists? Jean-Philippe Touffut 1. Climate Change: A Bundle of Uncertainties Thomas Schelling Comments: Towards an Enlightened Form of Doomsaying Jean-Pierre Dupuy 2. Economics in the Environmental Crisis: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem? Olivier Godard 3. Building Scenarios: How Climate Change Became an Economic Question Michel Armatte 4. In Defence of Sensible Economics Thomas Sterner 5. Some Basic Economics of Extreme Climate Change Martin L. Weitzman 6. Round Table Discussion: Economics and Climate Change – Where do we Stand and Where do we go from Here? Inge Kaul, Thomas Schelling, Robert M. Solow (Chairman), Nicholas Stern, Thomas Sterner and Martin L. Weitzman Index
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Changing Climate, Changing Economy
Book SynopsisHow did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding and how the study of climate change has modified the economy. Changing Climate, Changing Economy will interest researchers and students in a variety of fields including environmental policy economics, ecological economics, public policy and the environment as well as environmental ethics. Climatologists, environmentalists, public policy advisers and analysts will also find this book invaluable.Trade Review'This volume brings a remarkable variety of viewpoints on appropriate policy to meet the threats brought on by man-made climate change. Not only economic theory but broader political and methodological perspectives are brought to bear by an authoritative set of authors, in what is certainly a significant contribution to the debate.' -- Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Changing Climate, Changing Economists? Jean-Philippe Touffut 1. Climate Change: A Bundle of Uncertainties Thomas Schelling Comments: Towards an Enlightened Form of Doomsaying Jean-Pierre Dupuy 2. Economics in the Environmental Crisis: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem? Olivier Godard 3. Building Scenarios: How Climate Change Became an Economic Question Michel Armatte 4. In Defence of Sensible Economics Thomas Sterner 5. Some Basic Economics of Extreme Climate Change Martin L. Weitzman 6. Round Table Discussion: Economics and Climate Change – Where do we Stand and Where do we go from Here? Inge Kaul, Thomas Schelling, Robert M. Solow (Chairman), Nicholas Stern, Thomas Sterner and Martin L. Weitzman Index
£33.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Reconciling Trade and Climate: How the WTO Can
Book SynopsisThis timely book addresses the interaction between policies addressing climate change and the rules of the WTO. The authors expertly examine the law and economics behind the application of trade rules in the area of climate, including the implications of WTO rules for domestic climate measures, the unilateral use of trade measures to attempt to force other countries to take climate action, and the role of trade measures in multilateral climate agreements. The book argues that while there is a possibility of conflict between international trade rules and progress on climate change, it need not be the case. Thus the major focus is on the ways in which trade measures can aid in addressing climate change.Trade Review‘Epps and Green have submitted an excellently written, innovative, and well-balanced study that deserves a wide relationship. Their conclusions are drawn based on a comprehensive and well-documented examination of existing WTO law and practice of the GATT panels and the Appellate Body. The authors do not limit themselves to a purely legal analysis, but also include the necessary considerations of political theory and economy. Above all, they deserve the credit for having rejected the traditional antagonism between trade and protection of the environment.’ -- Alexander Proelss, European Yearbook of International Economic Law‘Reconciling Trade and Climate provides an interesting and timely contribution to the debate on the interaction between climate policy and the international trade regime.’ -- Anatole Boute, International Energy Law Review‘. . . the book contains an interesting analysis of the aspects of WTO law relevant to climate change [and] constitutes an important step in the right direction.’ -- Kati Kulovesi, Climate Law‘Reconciling Trade and Climate is a 280-page compendium of impeccable scholarship that begins with an informative introduction reflecting the necessity of reconciling international trade rules and climate policies. What follows is a series of superbly researched and presented issues involving linkages between trade and climate change, trade rules and domestic policies, unilateral action to compel countries to take climate change action, and multilateral solutions that will increase environmentally sound and beneficial trading. Enhanced with a comprehensive index, Reconciling Trade and Climate is a strongly recommended and seminal contribution to professional and academic libraries.’ -- The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction 1. Reconciling Trade Rules and Climate Policies Part II: Linkages between Trade and Climate Change 2. Climate Change, Trade and International Agreements 3. The Existing Trade and Climate Change Frameworks 4. The Role of Trade Measures in Addressing Climate Change Part III: Trade Rules and Domestic Policies 5. Regulations and Domestic Emissions Trading 6. Taxes 7. Subsidies 8. Border Tax Adjustments 9. The Role of Environmental Exceptions 10. Judging Domestic Policy Part IV: Unilateral Action to Force Other Countries to Take Climate Change Action 11. Carrots – Positive Inducements 12. Dismantling Roadblocks 13. Negative Incentives: Using ‘Sticks’ Part V: Multilateral Solutions 14. Trade Measures in a Climate Agreement 15. Increasing Environmentally Beneficial Trade Part VI: Conclusion 16. Trade, Climate Protection and Development Index
£106.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Transport, the Environment and Security: Making
Book SynopsisEffective means of transport are critical under both normal and extreme conditions, but modern transport systems are subject to many diverse demands. This path-breaking book uniquely draws together the typically conflicting arenas of transport, the environment and security, and provides collective solutions to their respective issues and challenges. From a primarily urban perspective, the author illustrates that the fields of transportation, environment (with an emphasis on climate change) and security (for both natural hazards and terrorism) and their interconnections remain robust areas for policy and planning. Synthesizing existing data, new analyses, and a rich set of case studies, the book uses transportation networks as a framework to explore transportation in conjunction with environment, security, and interdependencies with other infrastructure sectors. The US rail transit system, ecological corridors, cyber security, planning mechanisms and the effectiveness of technologies are among the topics explored in detail. Case studies of severe and potential impacts of natural hazards, accidents, and security breaches on transportation are presented. These cases support the analyses of the forces on transportation, land use and patterns of population change that connect, disconnect and reconnect people from their environment and security. The book will prove a fascinating and insightful read for academics, students, and practitioners across a wide range of fields including: transport, environmental economics, environmental management, urban planning, public policy, and terrorism and security.Trade Review‘Well-written and data-intensive, the book is persuasive on the necessity and benefits of an integrative approach towards transportation, environmental, ad security issues. It offers a high-level discussion of why such integration is imperative. Transport, the Environment and Security is a good introductory book for those who are interested in cross-cutting topics at the intersection of transportation, environment, and security.’ -- Yingling Fan, Journal of Planning Education and Research‘This book is a tremendous information resource, and Dr. Zimmerman is a true data “guru”. Informed by her unique combination of interests, Transport, the Environment and Security represents a giant leap forward in understanding this previously understudied confluence of forces, encompassing topics as diverse as how transportation affects the environment and how security problems can affect transportation.’ -- Vicki Bier, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US‘Zimmerman’s book is a much needed addition to our scientific understanding of the nexus between environment and security within a transportation context. Transportation networks (rail and road) are the quintessential American lifeline and disruptions through episodic natural hazards, terrorist activities, or longer term climate changes will have profound changes on society – presently and in the future. Zimmerman illustrates the synergies between environment, transport networks, security, social justice and urban places in a masterful and thoughtful synthesis that underscores the interdependencies within the transportation infrastructure, the nation’s vulnerability to transport disruptions, and offers ideas for increasing the resilience of the transportation infrastructure. It will become a standard reference as we re-imagine transport in the 21st century under changing climate, security, environment, and living conditions.’ -- Susan L. Cutter, University of South Carolina, US‘Transportation planning and policy making have followed a particular model for more than fifty years. Rae Zimmerman begins with the premise that we are in a rut and that the old ways of thinking need to be replaced. An enormous amount of evidence is presented that together argues a strong case for the systematic integration of planning for transportation, the environment, and security. While the book does not get us to an integrated process, it points us to one and starts us down a creative path. A great introduction to the complexities of these relationships.’ -- Martin Wachs, RAND Corporation, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Rail and Road Networks 3. The Climate Connection 4. Planning, Technology and Behavior 5. Environmental Networks and Transport: Air, Water and Ecosystems 6. Natural Hazards and Accidents that Disrupt Transportation Networks 7. Security 8. Conclusions Index
£104.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture
Book SynopsisThis book explores the interaction between climate change and the agriculture sector. Agriculture is essential to the livelihood of people and nations, especially in the developing world; therefore, any impact on it will have significant economic, social, and political ramifications. Scholars from around the world and from various fields have been brought together to explore this important topic. The contributions found here analyze direct agronomic effects, the economic impacts on agriculture, agricultural impacts on the economy, agricultural mitigation, and farmer adaptation. The authors argue that climate change is likely to have an extensive impact on agriculture around the world through changes in temperature, precipitation, concentrations of carbon dioxide, and available water flows. This thorough and timely volume is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in exploring the impacts of climate change in arguably the most important sector of the world economy. Economists, agronomists, and climate modelers in academia and the public sector, policy analysts and development agency staff, and graduate/postgraduate students will find this remarkable volume a welcome addition to their collection.Trade Review’[T]his book is a very useful resource for the lawyer. . . makes a good start by presenting a wide-ranging portfolio of multidisciplinary research that will assist in progressing the task, challenging though it may be.’ -- Chris Rodgers, Environmental LiabilityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Ariel Dinar and Robert Mendelsohn PART I: AGRONOMIC STUDIES OF CLIMATE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION 2. Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide and Global Crop Production: Food Security and Uncertainty Lewis H. Ziska 3. Effects of Climate Variability on Domestic Livestock Terry L. Mader and John B. Gaughan 4. From the Farmer to Global Food Production: Use of Crop Models for Climate Change Impact Assessment Ana Iglesias, Jeremy Schlickenrieder, David Pereira and Agustín Diz 5. Investigating the Connections between Climate Change, Drought and Agricultural Production Michael Hayes, Donald A. Wilhite, Mark Svoboda and Miroslav Trnka PART II: ECONOMIC STUDIES OF CLIMATE IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURE 6. Farm-level Impacts of Climate Change: Alternative Approaches for Modeling Uncertainty Dannele E. Peck and Richard M. Adams 7. Using Panel Data Models to Estimate the Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture Olivier Deschenes and Michael Greenstone 8. The Impact of Climate Change on US Agriculture: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Ricardian Analysis Emanuele Massetti and Robert Mendelsohn PART III: AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS ON THE ECONOMY 9. Economy-wide Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture – Case Study for Adaptation Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa Alvaro Calzadilla, Tingju Zhu, Katrin Rehdanz, Richard S.J. Tol and Claudia Ringler 10. Integrated Assessment Models – the Interplay of Climate Change, Agriculture and Land Use in a Policy Tool Marian Leimbach, Alexander Popp, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Nico Bauer, Jan Philipp Dietrich and David Klein 11. The Role of Growth and Trade in Agricultural Adaptation to Environmental Change John Reilly PART IV: AGRICULTURAL MITIGATION 12. Biofuels and Climate Change Gal Hochman, Deepak Rajagopal and David Zilberman 13. The Present and Future Role for Agricultural Projects Under the Clean Development Mechanism Donald F. Larson, Ariel Dinar and J. Aapris Frisbie PART V: ADAPTATION TO AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS 14. Agricultural Adaptation: Needs, Findings and Effects Ruth A. Aisabokhae, Bruce A. McCarl and Yuquan W. Zhang 15. Hydro-economic Modeling to Assess Climate Impact and Adaptation for Agriculture in California Josué Medellín-Azuara, Richard E. Howitt and Jay R. Lund 16. Reducing the Impact of Global Climate Change on Agriculture – the Use of Endogenous Irrigation and Protected Agriculture Technology Aliza Fleischer and Pradeep Kurukulasuriya 17. Climate Change and Technological Innovation in Agriculture: Adaptation through Science Douglas Gollin 18. Adaptation to Climate Change in Mixed Crop–Livestock Farming Systems in Developing Countries Philip K. Thornton, Mario Herrero and Peter G. Jones 19. Insurance as an Adaptation to Climate Variability in Agriculture Alberto Garrido, María Bielza, Dolores Rey, M. Inés Mínguez and M. Ruiz-Ramos 20. An Analysis of the Choice of Livestock Species under Global Warming in African and Latin American Farms S. Niggol Seo 21. Climate Change, Drought and Agriculture: The Role of Effective Institutions and Infrastructure R. Maria Saleth, Ariel Dinar and J. Aapris Frisbie 22. Conclusion and Future Research Robert Mendelsohn and Ariel Dinar Index
£197.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Global Governance of the Environment:
Book SynopsisThis timely book examines the role of environmental principles in changing international environmental law and politics, and argues for the importance of integrating environmental principles in the global governance of the environment. Afshin Akhtarkhavari includes both theoretical and jurisprudential analyses of the concept of environmental principles, as well as detailed case studies to examine their function and role in courts, and the differing approaches taken to soft law and regulation in international politics. Global Governance of the Environment concludes with succinct and insightful considerations of the role of environmental principles in changing international law and politics. This topical book will appeal to researchers, academics and students of international environmental law and politics, international relations, as well as domestic environmental law.Trade Review‘This book will likely be of interest to people with a background in sociological or international relations theory of the constructivist sort, and a particular interest in policymaking as a social learning process, the role of principles in international environmental law, or the social aspects of global environmental politics.’ -- Candice Carr Kelman, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law & Economics‘This book is an important contribution to the relationship between international law and politics. . . highly recommended to scholars working at the interface of international environmental law and politics, particularly those with a solid theoretical grounding. . . Akhtarkhavari’s Global Governance of the Environmentshould be required reading for advanced students of international environmental law and politics, whatever their concern.’ -- Simon Marsden, Review of European Community and International Environmental Law‘This book makes an interesting contribution to the literature on environmental principles in terms of their functions and influences on international law and politics. As well, it assists in the better understanding of the process of change at the global level. Whilst the topic of environmental principles is not new, Akhtarkhavari provides a refreshing perspective, and in doing so the book will be of interest to a range of scholars with research interests in international relations, politics, and law.’ -- Erika J. Techera, Climate Law‘A scholarly text breaking down the international debate of law on a grander scale that the world faces in maintaining and recovering its environment from current and past abuses. . . Global Governance of the Environment is a cornerstone of any environmental or international studies collection in community and college libraries.’ -- The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Donald R. Rothwell Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction 2. Social Learning at the International Level Part II: Norms, Environmental Principles and Social Learning 3. Environmental Principles as Abstract or Open-textured Norms 4. Abstract and Open-textured Norms and Social Learning 5. The Function and Role of Environmental Principles Part III: Environmental Principles in Practice 6. Power, Environmental Principles and the International Court of Justice 7. The Global Compact, Environmental Principles and Culture 8. Arguments, Bargains and the Disposal of Carbon Dioxide at Sea Part IV: Conclusion 9. Global Governance of the Environment: The Role and Function of Environmental Principles in Changing International Law and Politics Bibliography Index
£110.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Forests and Climate Change: The Social Dimensions
Book SynopsisControlling deforestation, which is responsible for about one-fifth of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, has become a major tool in the battle against global warming. An important new international initiative - Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) - provides economic incentives to forest users to encourage preservation of trees. Nearly all Latin American countries are introducing national REDD strategies and pilot schemes. This insightful book raises questions over some of the basic assumptions that underpin REDD policies in Latin America. It raises doubts about whether sufficient account is being taken of the complex social, economic, cultural and governance dimensions involved, advocating a comprehensive 'social development' approach to REDD planning. Forests and Climate Change is the first book to comprehensively examine REDD policies across Latin America, including a focus on social aspects. It will prove invaluable for academics and postgraduate students in the fields of environmental studies, environmental politics, geography, social planning, social and environmental impact assessment, development studies, and Latin American area studies. Policy makers, planners and practitioners working on REDD at national and international levels (both official and NGO sectors) will also find plenty of refreshing data in this much-needed resource.Trade Review’This engaging and well-organized book is accessible to a wide range of audiences, from academics and students to practitioners. . . Forest and Climate Change is an excellent resource on global climate change policy and an insightful introduction to the social dimensions of mitigation strategies, such as REDD.’ -- Maria DiGiano, Human EcologyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Forests, Conservation and Climate Change in Latin America 2. The Winding REDD Road 3. Getting Ready for REDD 4. REDD+ Regimes in Latin America: Leaders 5. REDD+ Regimes in Latin America: Latecomers 6. Catering for Diversity: Economic and Social Complexity 7. Catering for Diversity: Governance and Institutions 8. REDD: From Safeguards to Social Development? References Index
£93.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change Liability
Book SynopsisThis book sheds new light on the growing issue of using liability as a tool for both preventing and compensating for the damage caused by climate change. Michael Faure and Marjan Peeters have brought together a selection of expert contributors who explore a variety of both national and European perspectives on the topic. Climate change liability is no longer only a theoretical idea since climate change litigation has become so hotly debated and this book examines to what extent it can be used for mitigation and adaptation issues. Chapters discuss the potential role of liability within various legal systems, like the national systems of the USA and The Netherlands, but also EU and ECHR law. Liability is outlined in a broad perspective since not only compensation for damage suffered by plaintiffs is discussed, but also the need for prevention in order to obtain a reduction of greenhouse gases. This well-documented work will be invaluable to law and environmental science students, researchers, lawyers and civil servants.Trade Review‘. . . this is a valuable contribution to the ongoing academic and practitioner’s debate about using existing laws and regulation to tackle the climate change (and damage) problem, as well as some degree of de lege ferenda or “wishful thinking”.’ -- Roda Verheyen, Carbon and Climate Law Review‘This book has admirable breadth, and provides a good overview of a great number of relevant and interesting issues.’ -- Maria Lee, Journal of Environmental Law‘Climate Change Liability is a recent and most welcome addition to this growing body of literature. . . an easily recommendable book. It includes very informative contributions, interesting suggestions and insightful analysis if essential aspects of litigating climate change claims. Overall, this book adds considerably to the understanding of climate change liability and will prove to be essential reading not only for all practitioners and academics, but also for policymakers, companies and other stakeholders involved in the area.’ -- Riccardo Sciaudone, European Energy and Environmental Law Review‘As the first of its kind, the book is a very welcome introduction to the important legal field of climate litigation. Much more is - it is to be hoped - to come. . . Peeters and Faure provide fertile intellectual ground for lawyers, students, judges, civil servants and politicians. The hope is that they build upon the constructive perspectives provided by this book and turn liability into a successful tool for promoting the cause of climate change mitigation.’ -- Christina Voigt, Environmental LiabilityTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction Michael Faure and Marjan Peeters PART II: CROSS-CUTTING THEMES 2. Liability with and Liability from the Precautionary Principle in Climate Change Cases Miriam Haritz 3. High Noon: Prevention of Climate Damage as the Primary Goal of Liability? Jaap Spier PART III: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 4. Liability of Member States and the EU in View of the International Climate Change Framework: Between Solidarity and Responsibility Javier de Cendra de Larragán 5. The Regulatory Approach of the EU in View of Liability for Climate Change Damage Marjan Peeters 6. Potential Liability of European States Under the ECHR for Failure to Take Appropriate Measures with a View on Adaptation to Climate Change Armelle Gouritin PART IV: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CIVIL LIABILITY 7. Climate Change Litigation in the UK: Its Feasibility and Prospects Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters 8. Liability for Climate Change-Related Damage in Domestic Courts: Claims for Compensation in the USA Elena Kosolapova 9. Civil Liability for Global Warming in the Netherlands Chris van Dijk 10. Will Civil Society Take Climate Changers to Court? A Perspective from Dutch Law Phon van den Biesen 11. Governmental Liability: An Incentive for Appropriate Adaptation? Ben Schueler PART V: CONCLUSION 12. Concluding Remarks Michael Faure and Marjan Peeters Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Climate Change Mitigation
Book SynopsisGovernments around the world have been trying to find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for decades. This detailed Handbook considers the spectrum of legal and market-based instruments as well as strategies and policies adopted around the world and suggests more effective, comprehensive and responsive ways of managing climate change mitigation.As well as taking stock of the current and proposed legal instruments, the book looks at the wider policy and economic aspects of coping with climate change. It provides a comparative overview of key issues across Europe, the United States, Asia-Pacific and the BRICS countries, and discusses domestic, regional and international law and governance. With perspectives from academia, government and private practice, the expert contributors analyse key sectors such as energy, transport, buildings, industry, land use and waste. Important issues such as carbon trading, financing and litigation are also addressed. The book demonstrates the variety of approaches taken and their challenges with a view of fostering more effective and pragmatic ways of managing climate change mitigation.This timely book will be an authoritative resource for scholars of climate change law and policy, whilst also providing a rigorous overview for upper-level students. Policymakers will gain insights from the comparative perspectives, and practitioners will appreciate the broad range of practical issues addressed.Contributors: M. Alessi, J. Allmon, H. Van Asselt, D. Belis, L. Berzanskis, S. Bogojevic, D. Conway, C. Egenhofer, J.B. Eisen, B. Evans, N. Fujiwara, M.B. Gerrard, K. Hussey, M. Iguchi, S. Kakade, C.K. Siebert, E. Knight, A. Korppoo, J. Li, J. Lin, H. Masondo, M. Mehling, K. Hannon Michel, A. Monroe, H. Nakamura, J. Núñez Ferrer, A.S. Olesen, U. Outka, S.-L. Penttinen, F. Rambau, L. Reins, L. Ristino, A. Rohatgi, R. Seroa da Motta, I. Skinner, N. Srivastava, K. Talus, T.S.A. Loi, C.Tung, K. Upston-Hooper, G. Van Calster, W. Vandenberghe, S. Wattiaux, P. Wehrheim, J. Wettestad, A. Yamamoto, E. Yliheljo, N. Bin ZahurTrade Review‘Van Calster, Vandenberghe and Reins have led an impressive group of specialists from around the world to deliver the definitive book on climate change mitigation. Mitigation law for all sectors (energy, industry, transport, buildings, waste, land use, forestry), as well as all relevant mitigation instruments (carbon trading, finance, litigation) are discussed in great detail and with an eye on all relevant countries and regions in the world, such as the EU, the United States, China and the other BRICS countries. This book is a valuable source of information on mitigation law and will be the starting point for any future research and decision-making on climate change mitigation.’ -- Jonathan Verschuuren, Tilburg University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Editorial Introduction G. Van Calster, W. Vandenberghe and L. Reins 1. The Changing Architecture of International Climate Change Law Harro Van Asselt, Michael Mehling and Clarisse Kehler Siebert PART I ENERGY 2. Development of the Sustainability Aspects of EU Energy Policy Sirja-Leena Penttinen and Kim Talus 3. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures in the US Electric Power Industry Joel B. Eisen 4. Reflections on the Chinese Carbon Market Christopher Tung PART II TRANSPORT 5. The Mitigation of Transport’s CO2 Emissions in the EU: Policy Successes and Challenges Ian Skinner 6. Climate Change Mitigation in the Transportation Sector in the United States Laurel Berzanskis 7. Climate Transport Policy and Law in the Asia-Pacific Region Masahiko Iguchi and Hiroki Nakamura PART III BUILDINGS 8. How do the European Union and the Private Sector Pave the Way to More Sustainable Buildings? Sophie Wattiaux 9. Energy Efficiency of Buildings in the United States Albert Monroe 10. Climate Change and Buildings – An Asia-Pacific Primer Abhishek Rohatgi, Tian Sheng Allan Loi and Nahim Bin Zahur PART IV INDUSTRY 11. Impacts of EU Climate and Energy Policies on Industry Monica Alessi, Christian Egenhofer and Jorge Núñez Ferrer 12. An Overview of Climate Change Mitigation in the Industrial Sector of the United States Seema Kakade 13. How can the Asian Industry Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation Action? Noriko Fujiwara PART V LAND USE, LAND USE CHANGE AND FORESTRY 14. Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry - How to Enter the Climate Impact of Managing Biospheres and Wood into the EU's Greenhouse Gas Accounting Peter Wehrheim and Asger Strange Olesen 15. Legal Regimes for Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry in the United States Uma Outka 16. Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry: Asia-Pacific Bradley Evans PART VI WASTE MANAGEMENT 17. Waste Management in the EU Geert Van Calster 18. Challenges for Controlling GHG Emissions from U.S. Solid Waste Management - A Summary of Federal and Exemplary US State Efforts Jeffrey Allmon 19. Climate Mitigation and Waste Management in the Asia Pacific Karen Hussey PART VII CARBON TRADING 20. Blazing Trail or Flickering Flame? Market Mechanisms under the UNFCCC Darragh Conway 21. The EU Emissions Trading System: Frontrunner In Trouble Jørgen Wettestad 22. Carbon Trading in the United States Laurie Ristino and Katherine Hannon Michel 23. Market Design and Maturity in the Asia Pacific Eric Knight PART VIII CLIMATE FINANCE 24. Climate Finance in the European Union: Domestic and International Challenges David Belis 25. Towards Climate Compatible Development in Asia and Beyond - the Role of Official Development Assistance Aiichiro Yamamoto PART IX CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION 26. EU Climate Change Litigation: All Quiet on the Luxembourgian Front? Sanja Bogojević 27. Climate Change Litigation in the United States Michael B. Gerrard 28. Climate Change Litigation in Asia and the Pacific Jolene Lin PART X CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN THE BRICS COUNTRIES 29. Current Status of Mitigation Policies in Brazil Ronaldo Seroa da Motta 30. Climate Change Mitigation in Russia: Foreign Policy, Environmental Action or Simple Economics? Anna Korppoo, Karl Upston-Hooper and Emilie Yliheljo 31. Climate Change Mitigation in India Nidhi Srivastava 32. China’s Transition to Low Carbon Society : Drivers and Implementation Strategies Jun Li 33. Climate Change Mitigation in South Africa Happy Masondo, Faith Rambau Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Dictionary of Climate Change and the
Book SynopsisA Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment bridges the gap between the many disciplines encompassing climate change, environmental economics, environmental sciences, and environmental studies. It defines a comprehensive set of over 3700 words used across these fields to help policy makers, students, and professionals achieve a holistic view of environmental issues. The dictionary also features: introductory primers to major topic areas; recommended reading for particular topics and specific words or concepts; and seven appendices, including a catalog of scientific symbols, units, and conversions, as well as an expansive listing and description of selected environmental treaties. The extensive and accessible nature of the content renders this book an indispensible reference for practitioners requiring an informed and balanced description of key concepts and issues. This resource will be extremely valuable to policy makers and professionals working on climate change and other environmental issues, and to postgraduate and undergraduate students in climate change and environmental studies, as well as to academics and other practitioners working on multidisciplinary environmental issues outside their area of expertise.Trade Review’. . . for anyone who works in depth with the complex issues of climate, environment, and economics.’ -- - Natural Hazards ObserverTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Economics for the Environment: A Primer Climate Change Policy: A Primer International Environmental Problems: A Primer Environmental Systems, Dynamics, and Modeling: A Primer Annotated References: A Starting Point Internet Resources: Environmental News Sources and Blogs A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment: Economics, Science, and Policy References
£192.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Low Carbon Communities: Imaginative Approaches to
Book SynopsisCommunity action is a vital strategy in the fight against climate change and has increasingly informed government policy, academic inquiry and grassroots action since the start of this century. This timely and engaging volume explores both the promise of community-based action in tackling climate change and some of its limitations.On the one hand, community-based action offers a meaningful way to achieve global targets and an avenue for renewing social relations at the local level. On the other, it challenges fundamental aspects of social organization in the modern economy and sometimes comes into conflict with wider structures and constraints. This volume brings together theoretical and practical perspectives on community action to mobilize social change towards a sustainable, low carbon future. The opportunities and challenges are considered through a diverse range of models and case studies. Fresh conceptual insights are provided and new light is shed on the policy implications and practical ramifications of establishing effective community engagement in efforts to combat climate change locally. This book will prove a stimulating read for academic researchers in the fields of climate change science, local and national level policy analysis and governance research. Local authorities, development agencies and policy makers seeking to understand and to influence the behaviours and practices of ‘energy consumers’ and the communities in which they live will also find much to inspire them.Trade Review‘We are faced with the greatest challenge to public engagement since World War Two, and a new discourse of fear - not military invasion but climate change. At the same time most people cannot grasp the scale of the challenge nor what they are supposed to do about it. Good governance requires an informed citizenry who are much more than consumers and customers, but active participants in a new post-carbon politics. Low Carbon Communities helps to set out the political and cultural agenda for the first half of the twenty-first century and, ultimately, the imaginative approaches that are required now to address climate change.’ -- Michael Redclift, University of London, UK‘Few aspects of the transition to sustainability are more important than the search for effective means of enabling behaviour change, innovation and cooperation in local communities. This collection is a hugely valuable contribution to our understanding, and to the work of practitioners and policy makers alike.’ -- From the Foreword by Ian Christie, Associate, Green Alliance and Chair, RESOLVE Advisory CommitteeTable of ContentsContents: Preface: The Research Group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment (RESOLVE) Foreword Ian Christie Introduction PART I: FACILITATING THE LOW CARBON TRANSITION: THEORETICAL AND INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE 1. Community Engagement and Social Organization: Introducing Concepts, Policy and Practical Applications Michael Peters 2. Sustainable Communities: Neo-Tribalism between Modern Lifestyles and Social Change David Evans 3. The Social Dimensions of Behaviour Change: An Overview of Community-based Interventions to Encourage Pro-environmental Behaviours Wokje Abrahamse PART II: CHALLENGES FOR LOCAL LEVEL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY AND ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR LOW CARBON COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE 4. Transforming the Nation-state through Environmentalism: Political Influences on a Multi-level Governance Framework in the UK Shane Fudge 5. The Role of Local Authorities in Galvanizing Action to Tackle Climate Change: A Practitioner’s Perspective Simon Roberts 6. Mobilizing Sustainability: Partnership Working between a Pro-cycling NGO and Local Government in London Justin Spinney 7. Low Carbon Communities and the Currencies of Change Gill Seyfang 8. Decarbonizing Local Economies: A New Low Carbon, High Well-being Model of Local Economic Development Elizabeth Cox and Victoria Johnson PART III: MODELS OF SUSTAINABLE AND LOW CARBON COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 9. The Community Carbon Reduction Programme Simon Gerrard 10. Global Action Plan’s EcoTeams Programme Scott Davidson 11. Woking Borough Council: Working Towards a Low Carbon Community Lara Curran 12. Intentional Community Carbon Reduction and Climate Change Action: From Ecovillages to Transition Towns Joshua Lockyer 13. Energy Conscious Households in Action (ECHO Action) Elliot Bushay 14. The HadLOW CARBON Community: Behavioural Evolution in the Face of Climate Change Howard Lee and Julie Taylor 15. Empowering Farmers to React and to Act: From an Anti-golf Course Pressure Group to a Community-based Farmers’ Cooperative Mario Cardona Epilogue: Retrofitting Buildings Viewed as a Civil Engineering Project – Just Do It Michael Kelly Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and
Book SynopsisSarnoff's Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Climate Change is packed with varied perspectives and essential information and is therefore a very useful guide for anyone interested in IP and climate change (and beyond!). To have all this packed tightly into one book is a great thing. I m quite pleased to have it on my bookshelf.'- Eric Lane, Green Patent BlogWritten by a global group of leading scholars, this wide-ranging Research Handbook provides insightful analysis, useful historical perspective, and a point of reference on the controversial nexus of climate change law and policy, intellectual property law and policy, innovation policy, technology transfer, and trade.The contributors provide a unique review of the scientific background, international treaties, and political and institutional contexts of climate change and intellectual property law. They further identify critical conflicts and differences of approach between developed and developing countries. Finally they put forward and analyze the relevant intellectual property law doctrines and policy options for funding, developing, disseminating, and regulating the required technologies and their associated activities and business practices. The book will serve as a resource and reference tool for scholars, policymakers and practitioners looking to understand the issues at the interface of intellectual property and climate change.Contributors: P. Ala'i, C. de Avila Plaza, D. Borges Barbosa, P. Bifani, M.A. Carrier, M.W. Carroll, J.L. Contreras, C.M. Correa, E. Derclaye, P. Drahos, C.H. Farley, S. Ferrey, S.E. Gaines, D.A. Gantz, D.J. Gervais, D. Hunter, The International Council on Human Rights Policy, D.S. Levine, C.R. McManis, R.K. Musil, S.K. Sandeen, J.D. Sarnoff, D. Shabalala, G. Tansey, B. Tuncak, J.M. Urban, D. Vivas-Eugui, H. Wang, P.K. YuTrade Review'Given Di Caprio's acceptance speech at the Oscars, calling on the world to take climate change seriously, this terrific tome could not have been more timely! Boasting a splendid array of scholars and policy makers, it traverses a wide spectrum of issues at the interface of IP and climate change technologies. Professor Joshua Sarnoff needs to be commended for conceptualizing and co-ordinating this project, resulting in a bountiful book that offers incisive insights on one of the foremost policy challenges facing the world today!' --Dr Shamnad Basheer, India'Tackling the climate problem will require the development, deployment and transfer of a wide variety of technologies at a pace and scale unprecedented outside of wartime. This will involve not only the environmental, energy and treaty laws familiar to climate law specialists, but also a bewildering array of issues under intellectual property, trade, procurement and other legal fields. Joshua Sarnoff has done a wonderful job in assembling leading experts from around the world to illuminate these complex matters.' --Michael B. Gerrard, Columbia Law School'In the wake of the Paris Agreement, there is a great need to encourage a transition to a clean energy world economy. Intellectual property and innovation policy will play a critical role in research, development, and deployment of clean technologies. In this context, the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Climate Change edited by Joshua Sarnoff is essential reading. This landmark collection provides a comprehensive examination of the inter-relationship between intellectual property and climate change. Leading authors from around the world tackle topics such as international law, patent law, green trade marks, copyright law, and trade secrets law. The Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Climate Change also considers larger public policy issues in respect of climate finance, innovation law and policy, government procurement, standard-setting, and competition law.' --Matthew Rimmer, Queensland University of Technology, QueenslandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Joshua D. Sarnoff 2. Climate Science and Policy Responses David Hunter 3. International Law and Institutions for Climate Change Sanford E. Gaines 4. Climate Change, the International Intellectual Property Régime, and Disputes Under the TRIPS Agreement Daniel J. Gervais 5. Intellectual Property Rights Under the UNFCCC: Without Response to Developing Countries’ Concerns Carlos M. Correa 6. The Intellectual Property Regime: Are There Lessons for Climate Change Negotiations? Peter Drahos 7. Intellectual Property Enforcement and Global Climate Change Peter K. Yu 8. Beyond Technology Transfer: Protecting Human Rights in a Climate-constrained World The International Council On Human Rights Policy 9. Behind the Wall: Global Climate Change and American Religion Robert K. Musil 10. Technology Transfer for Climate Change and Developing Country Viewpoints on Historical Responsibility and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities Dalindyebo Shabalala 11. Government Choices in Innovation Funding Joshua D. Sarnoff 12. Catalyzing Technology Development Through University Research Jorge L. Contreras and Charles R. McManis 13. Antitrust and Climate Change Michael A. Carrier 14. Climate Change Innovation, Products and Services Under the GATT/WTO System David A. Gantz and Padideh Ala’i 15. The Role of Government Procurement in Regard to Development, Dissemination and Costs of Climate Change Technologies Denis Borges Barbosa and Charlene de Avila Plaza 16. Patents and Climate Change Joshua D. Sarnoff 17. Trade Secrets and Climate Change: Uncovering Secret Solutions to the Problem of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharon K. Sandeen and David S. Levine 18. The Role of Copyright in the Protection of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change: Is the Current Copyright System Adequate? Estelle Derclaye 19. Intellectual Property and Related Rights in Climate Data Michael W. Carroll 20. Green Marks Christine Haight Farley 21. Standards and Related Intellectual Property Issues for Climate Change Technology Jorge L. Contreras 22. Privacy Issues in Smart Grid Deployment Jennifer M. Urban 23. Energy Steven Ferrey 24. Transportation Paolo Bifani, David Vivas-Eugui, and Hiafeng Wang 25. Food Geoff Tansey 26. Natural Resources Baskut Tuncak Index
£237.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change Policies: Global Challenges and
Book Synopsis`This book sheds helpful light on the options individual countries and the world community face in the wake of the Copenhagen climate conference. Not only academics, but policymakers and journalists will find it useful reading as they prepare for domestic climate policy debates and the international negotiations scheduled for December 2010 in Cancun, Mexico.' - Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University, US `If you want to know the latest thinking about the economics of climate change, then this timely book is the best compendium currently out there.' - Martin Weitzman, Harvard University, US Written by leading international experts in the field, this book reveals the various economic effects from climate change policies introduced at national and international levels. They describe actual applications of climate change policies in the main emitting countries. After the Copenhagen climate change summit, it was clear that there was a requirement for a comprehensive analysis of climate change policies - costs and benefits. Climate Change Policies is an eloquent insight into the foundations, design and effects of climate change policies. It includes chapters on public policies and climate change impacts, adaptation, mitigation, effects on competitiveness, new technologies, distributional concerns and the international dimension. With an emphasis on the economic aspects associated with climate change policies, this book will be invaluable for academics and researchers of environment economics and climate change policy. Policymakers, journalists and scientists will also find much to interest them in this enlightening resource.Trade Review‘. . . this rigorous but accessible book offers valuable lessons from scholars with a wide range of expertise related to the economics of climate change and should be of interest to both researchers and practitioners in search for an overarching compendium about current views on climate change policies.’ -- Alessandro Tavoni, Environment and Planning C‘This book sheds helpful light on the options individual countries and the world community face in the wake of the Copenhagen climate conference. Not only academics, but policymakers and journalists will find it useful reading as they prepare for domestic climate policy debates and the international negotiations scheduled for December 2010 in Cancun, Mexico.’ -- Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University, US‘If you want to know the latest thinking about the economics of climate change, then this timely book is the best compendium currently out there.’ -- Martin Weitzman, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preamble Teresa Ribera 1. Introduction and Main Messages Emilio Cerdá and Xavier Labandeira 2. The Impact of Climate Change: An Economic Perspective Michael Hanemann Discussion: María L. Loureiro 3. Issues on the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Juan C. Ciscar, Daniele Paci and Lucia Vergano Discussion: Noemi Padrón 4. From Utopia to Common Sense: The Climate Mitigation Challenge Ottmar Edenhofer, Brigitte Knopf and Gunnar Luderer Discussion: Xavier Labandeira 5. Climate Change Policies and New Technologies Pablo Del Río Discussion: Gregory C. Unruh 6. Competitiveness and Leakage Philippe Quirion Discussion: Pedro Linares 7. Distribution and Climate Change Policies Corbett A. Grainger and Charles D. Kolstad Discussion: Alberto Ansuategi 8. International Climate Change Negotiations: Lessons from Theory Carlo Carraro and Emanuele Massetti Discussion: Emilio Cerdá 9. Involving Developing Countries in Global Climate Policies Anil Markandya Discussion: Ibon Galarraga 10. The Future of the Clean Development Mechanism Axel Michaelowa Discussion: Francisco J. André 11A. Copenhagen and Beyond: Reflections on China’s Stance and Responses ZhongXiang Zhang 11B. Present and Future of Applied Climate Mitigation Policies: The European Union Antonio Soria and Bert Saveyn 11C. Climate Change and US Policy Vicki Arroyo Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change Mitigation, Technological
Book SynopsisThis book presents provides a rigorous yet accessible treatment of the main topics in climate change policy using a large body of research generated using WITCH (World Induced Technical Change Hybrid), an innovative and path-breaking integrated assessment model.The authors give a particular emphasis to the analysis of technological change necessary to build low-carbon economies. The WITCH model can track all of the actions which impact the level of mitigation - such as R&D expenditures, investments in carbon-free technologies and adaptation, purchases of emission permits, or expenditures for carbon taxes - thus allowing for the evaluation of equilibrium responses stimulated by different climate policy tools. The chapters examine various questions to explore the future of climate change policy. Why is it so hard to achieve a global agreement that paves the way to widespread reductions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions? What are the technologies that would deliver clean energy without harming economic growth? And finally, how does uncertainty about future policies and future technologies affect choices in the present?This innovative book will appeal to researchers, policy makers and academics interested in climate change policy.Contributors: V. Bosetti, C. Carraro, E. De Cian, T. Longden, E. Massetti, L. Nicita, F. Sferra, A. Sgobbi, M. TavoniTrade Review‘Climate Change Mitigation, Technological Innovation and Adaptation outlines? ?the complexities associated with addressing climate change including economic structure,? ?technological innovation, and geopolitical willpower. By focusing on global economics, the text? ?considers barriers to climate policy and future energy transformation away from carbon to more? ?renewable sources. . . . Climate Change Mitigation, Technological Innovation and Adaptation provides readers? ?with a detailed evaluation of some of the barriers to progress in terms of addressing the causes? ?and consequences of climate change . . . This book will appeal to academics, researchers, and policy? ?makers interested in climate change policy and applied economics.’ -- International Social Science ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. A Climate-Constrained World Emanuele Massetti 2. Shifting the Boundary: The Role of Innovation Lea Nicita 3. Getting to Yes Alessandra Sgobbi 4. Coping with Uncertainty Massimo Tavoni 5. Climate Policy and the Forestry Sector: The Role of Non-energy Emissions Valentina Bosetti 6. Adaptation and Mitigation: What is the Optimal Balance? Enrica De Cian 7. A Focus on the Latest Developments in the Modelling of Mitigation Options Thomas Longden and Fabio Sferra 8. Conclusions Emanuele Massetti and Massimo Tavoni 9. Complete List of Publications that Use WITCH Index
£95.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Global Warming
Book SynopsisTom Tietenberg, one of the leading economists working in the field of environmental economics has edited a collection of the most important articles and papers on global warming, which poses major challenges to our economic and political institutions. In this authoritative volume, leading economists bring unusual clarity and insight to the process of understanding these challenges and meets them with pragmatic solutions.Specific topics include: modelling and responding to the unique types of risks posed by global warming; estimating the cost of control and damages from global warming, as well as deriving optimum solutions; debating the appropriate role for discounting; estimating the value of information to reduce the uncertainty; and examining the issues associated with the use of two prominent policy approaches carbon taxes and transferable carbon permits.Few challenges pose a greater threat to our economic and political institutions than global warming. Uncertainty about the consequences of continued greenhouse gas emissions, the temporal and geographic separation of costs and benefits, the potentially enormous cost of making the wrong choices, and the necessity for (and the difficulties of) international cooperation all contribute to the complexity and the significance of the issue. In this book leading economists bring unusual clarity and insight to the process of understanding these challenges and meeting them with pragmatic solutions. Specific topics covered include: modeling and responding to the unique types of risks posed by global warming; estimating the costs of control and damages from discounting, estimating the value of information to reduce the uncertainty, and examining the issues associated with the use of the two most prominent policy approaches - carbon taxes and transferable carbon permits.Trade Review’. . . provides a thorough overview of the contribution of economic theory until 1995 to the debate on global warming. In summary, this book provides a helpful reference for economists working on global warming.’Table of ContentsContents: Part I: General Part II: Damages, Costs and the Search for an Optimal Response A: Damage Estimates B: Cost of Control Estimates C: Deriving Optimal Solutions Part III: The Choice of Instruments A: Carbon Taxes B: Tradeable Permits C: Hedging Strategies Part IV: Ethics and Intergenerational Discounting A: Defining Appropriate Discount Rates B: The Suitability of the Intergenerational Discounting Framework
£279.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Energy Policy in China:
Book SynopsisThis book is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the economic implications of carbon abatement for the Chinese economy. It evaluates the economics of climate change and provides national, cost-effective policies for climate change. The book consists of three main parts, firstly, an analysis of the Chinese energy system to increase awareness of the implications of this sector for China's future carbon dioxide emissions, secondly, a macroeconomic analysis of carbon dioxide emissions limits using a newly-developed computable general equilibrium model of the Chinese economy; and fianlly, a cost-effective analysis of carbon abatement options by means of a technology-oriented dynamic optimization model. The author begins by introducing some of the economic aspects of climate change including the consequences of climate change,damage estimates of carbon dioxide emissions, strategies for responding to climate change and policy instruments to control carbon dioxide emissions. This discussion then focuses on the Chinese energy system and possible sectoral and macroeconomic effects of limiting carbon dioxide emissions. In this examination Dr Zhang considers the effects of recycling carbon tax revenues and compliance with carbon dioxide limits in China's power industry. The author also evaluates various economic models in analyzing cost estimates for limiting carbon dioxide emissions, including an input-output approach, dynamic optimization and a computable general equilibrium approach. Finally, there is a discussion of technological aspects of carbon abatement in the Chinese power industry. The Economics of Energy Policy in China will be of interest to energy and environmental economists and policymakers.Trade Review'Given the towering importance of China in world environmental planning, this book is a must read for anyone attempting to understand world climate change issues. In addition, it provides planners with a much needed reference on all aspects of the Chinese energy sector . . . The book makes a significant contribution in three main areas. First, it gives us a first class description of all the issues that are contributing to the climate change debate and puts the case of China into its proper context within that debate. Secondly, the author's description of the Chinese energy sector in Chapter 3 is most informative and lucid. Finally, his CGE model is impressive and his model's simulation results are quite plausible . . . I strongly recommend this book as reading material for anyone seriously interested in the public policy issues that relate to climate change. It will probably remain the definitive work on China and joint implementation for years to come.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Some Economic Aspects of Climate Change 3. Analysis of the Chinese Energy System: Implications for future CO2 Emmissions 4. Economic Modelling Approaches to Cost Estimates for Limiting CO2 Emissions 5. A Computable General Equilibrium Model for Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis 6. Data, Model Calibration and Solution 7. Macroeconomic Analysis of CO2 Emission Limits for China: A CGE Approach 8. Cost-Effective Analysis of Carbon Abatement 9. Conclusions Index
£108.00
The University of Chicago Press Indian Ocean Current: Six Artistic Narratives
Book SynopsisThe rich history of the Indian Ocean has been much explored, though its present-day manifestations remain less studied. This catalog for an exhibition at the McMullen Museum of Art, curated by Prasannan Parthasarathi and Salim Currimjee, brings together essays that contextualize the work of six contemporary artists from the region. Through a variety of mediums and forms—including watercolors, videos, collages, sculptures, and photographs—Shiraz Bayjoo, Shilpa Gupta, Nicholas Hlobo, Wangechi Mutu, Penny Siopis, and Hajra Waheed grapple with the past, present, and future of the Indian Ocean.Indian Ocean Current provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the work of these six artists, with essays drawn from environmental studies, postcolonial studies, literature, and history. Contributors trace the connections that spanned the Indian Ocean, the movement of peoples, and the evolution of plural societies. From the mid-twentieth century, decolonization led to the creation of new nation-states, and hastily erected borders divided many. Today, the rising waters of the Indian Ocean, a consequence of climate change, strip these borders of their power. Indian Ocean Current opens up an artistic, historical, cultural, and political conversation about an area of the world famed for its cosmopolitanism but threatened by nationalism and global warming.
£24.00
American Meteorological Society Climate Conundrums – What the Climate Debate
Book SynopsisIt is generally assumed that, in polite company, you don't talk politics, religion, or money. But in recent years, it seems "climate change" needs to be added to that list. Incorporating all of the above, few topics can divide a dinner party faster. Yet, while much ink has been spilled on both sides of the issue, few have considered the debate itself and what it reveals about modern culture. Climate Conundrums is a journey through how we as humans think, individually and collectively, about the debate. It eschews rhetoric or fist-pounding conclusions and instead explores our ongoing attempts to reach a societal understanding about climate change and how we should respond to it. The essays throughout are broadly organized around our relationship with nature, the challenges facing human society, and the path ahead for civilization. Each begins with a question - Can we make nature better? Could science and religion be reconciled? - and from there follows an introspective path through all sides of the debates. Some are long-standing issues, such as whether humans are growing increasingly distant from nature. Others are brought on by recent developments, such as whether technology can eventually meet all of society's needs. While no final answers are given, the insights that come from reflecting on these questions can help us find our way and better connect with each other across the climate divide.
£22.50
Columbia Books on Architecture and the City A Moving Border – Alpine Cartographies of Climate Change
Book SynopsisItaly’s northern border follows the watershed that separates the drainage basins of Northern and Southern Europe. Running mostly at high altitudes, it crosses snowfields and perennial glaciers—all of which are now melting as a result of anthropogenic climate change. As the watershed shifts so does the border, contradicting its representations on official maps. Italy, Austria, and Switzerland have consequently introduced the novel legal concept of a “moving border,” one that acknowledges the volatility of geographical features once thought to be stable.A Moving Border: Alpine Cartographies of Climate Change builds upon the Italian Limes project by Studio Folder, which was devised in 2014 to survey the fluctuations of the boundary line across the Alps in real time. The book charts the effects of climate change on geopolitical understandings of border and the cartographic methods used to represent them. Locating the Italian condition alongside a longer political history of boundary making, the book brings together critical essays, visualizations, and unpublished documents from state archives. By examining the nexus of nationalism and cartography, A Moving Border details how borders are both material and imagined, and the ways global warming challenges Western conceptions of territory. Even more, it provides a blueprint for spatial intervention in a world where ecological processes are bound to dominate geopolitical affairs.A Moving Border features a foreword by Bruno Latour and texts by Stuart Elden, Mia Fuller, Francesca Hughes, and Wu Ming 1, and is co-published with ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe.Trade ReviewFine edited volume . . . A Moving Border offers well-illustrated material on an interesting case, in an attractive artistic-scientific format. [It] is a well-documented analysis of a particular case of mobile borders. -- Ian Florin * Mountain Research and Development *
£22.50
West Virginia University Press Ecological Governance: Toward a New Social
Book SynopsisAs our economic and natural systems continue on their collision course, Bruce Jennings asks whether we have the political capacity to avoid large-scale environmental disaster. Can liberal democracy, he wonders, respond in time to ecological challenges that require dramatic changes in the way we approach the natural world? Must a more effective governance be less democratic and more autocratic? Or can a new form of grassroots ecological democracy save us from ourselves and the false promises of material consumption run amok?Ecological Governance is an ethicist’s reckoning with how our political culture, broadly construed, must change in response to climate change. Jennings argues that during the Anthropocene era a social contract of consumption has been forged. Under it people have given political and economic control to elites in exchange for the promise of economic growth. In a new political economy of the future, the terms of the consumptive contract cannot be met without severe ecological damage. We will need a new guiding vision and collective aim, a new social contract of ecological trusteeship and responsibility.
£17.06
Momentum Press Science and Technology Diplomacy, Volume II: A Focus on the Americas with Lessons for the World
Book SynopsisScience diplomacy and policy can support collaborative national and international science for advancing knowledge with societal impact in fields such as climate, space, medicine, and the environment. Scientific advances made possible by the basic and applied research carried out by government agencies, universities, and nongovernmental organizations create opportunities and challenges with growing impact on policy decisions. Developing structures that produce the best science information to policy makers is becoming more critical in an ever-changing world. This three-volume set presented by prominent figures from the disciplines of science, engineering, technology, and diplomacy includes their perspectives on potential solutions to opportunities 21st-century scientists, engineers, and diplomats face in the future: To shed light and interface science, technology, and engineering with the realm of policy; To provide a vision for the future by identifying obstacles and opportunities while focusing on several key issues.
£38.66
West Virginia University Press Energy Culture: Art and Theory on Oil and Beyond
Book SynopsisEnergy Culture is a provocative book about oil’s firm grip on our politics and everyday lives. It brings together essays and artwork produced in a collaborative environment to stimulate new ways of thinking and to achieve a more just and sustainable world.The original work collected in Energy Culture creatively engages energy as a social form through lively arguments and artistic research organized around three vectors of inquiry. The first maps how fossil fuels became, and continue to be, embedded in North American society, from the ideology of tar sands reclamation projects to dreams of fiber optic cables running through the Northwest Passage. The second comprises creative and artistic responses to the dominance of fossil fuels in everyday life and to the challenge of realizing new energy cultures. The final section addresses the conceptual and political challenges posed by energy transition and calls into question established views on energy. Its contributions caution against solar capitalism, explore the politics of sabotage, and imagine an energy efficient transportation system called “the switch.” Imbued with a sense of urgency and hope, Energy Culture exposes the deep imbrications of energy and culture while pointing provocatively to ways of thinking and living otherwise.Trade Review“An exemplary multidisciplinary approach to entangled questions of energy, politics, and aesthetics. Energy Culture should excite and inspire an interdisciplinary community of scholars, artists, and activists; it not only points to possible ways forward for thinking and acting, but also offers tangible, provocative examples of what our creative and critical practices might do.”- Thomas S. Davis, author of The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday LifeTable of Contents Introduction Part I: Mapping Energy Culture Oil on Water Trespassage The Ocean and the Cloud: Material Metaphors of Hidden Infrastructure Walking Matters: A Peripatetic Rethinking of Energy Culture Several Documents Pertaining to the Cascade Energy (transition) Park Corporation Corporation (CORPCORP) Sustaining Petrocultures: On the Politics and Aesthetics of Oil Sands Reclamation Part II: Figuring Energy Culture Capitalism in the Corpse of a Whale Tilting at Windfarms: Towards a Political Ecology of Energy Humanism and the Literary Aesthetic Embodied Actants, Fossil Narratives The Energy Apparatus Aeolian Survey Anecdotal Encounters on Driveways: The Aesthetics of Oil in Northern Alberta and Newfoundland Energy Meets Telepathy Aesthetics and Materialist Consciousness Part III: The Politics of Energy Culture Rejecting Solar Capitalism The Switch Beyond Carbon Democracy: Energy, Infrastructure, and Sabotage Strike Energized Antagonisms: Thinking Beyond ‘Energy Culture’ Vortex of Light (Ice Memoriam)
£27.96
Rutgers University Press Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes
Book Synopsis2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes analyzes the looming threats posed by climate change from a criminological perspective. It advances the field of green criminology through a examination of the criminal nature of catastrophic environmental harms resulting from the release of greenhouse gases. The book describes and explains what corporations in the fossil fuel industry, the U.S. government, and the international political community did, or failed to do, in relation to global warming. Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes integrates research and theory from a wide variety of disciplines, to analyze four specific state-corporate climate crimes: continued extraction of fossil fuels and rising carbon emissions; political omission (failure) related to the mitigation of these emissions; socially organized climate change denial; and climate crimes of empire, which include militaristic forms of adaptation to climate disruption. The final chapter reviews policies that could mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to a warming world, and achieve climate justice.Trade Review"At the heart of Ron’s argument is the observation that climate disruption does not happen by chance, accident or simply because of human activities in general. Rather, it is corporate-state collusion that is mostly to blame for perpetuating global warming and for delaying action to prevent or forestall further climate change."— from the foreword by Rob White, author of Green Crimes and Dirty Money "Kramer has written a tightly constructed and compelling narrative, providing a historical overview of global warming and climate change, of environmental science, of the development of Green Criminology, of the problems of fossil fuel extraction and rising emissions, of the case for four specific types of crime/criminality, and of environmental movements for social justice."— Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books "Community Conversations," WWMT-TV interview with Ron Kramer https://wwmt.com/news/local/community-conversations-professor-studies-the— "Community Conversations," WWMT-TV "This is a book of the very first importance, one that historians (assuming there are some) will refer back to in a century as they struggle to understand the worst thing that ever happened on earth. It's well-proved thesis rests in the title: climate change was not an accident, and not something caused by 'everyone.' It was the work of a handful of greedy men, who were entirely conscious of their crime even as they committed it."— Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? "Carbon Criminals is a fantastic and immensely compelling and readable-yet-thorough account of the ongoing climate crisis from a criminological perspective. And we should make no mistake about it: climate change is not going anywhere. While the covid-19 pandemic might have, for now, eclipsed Australia’s Black Summer, the sure money is on climate change taking back the headlines sooner or later. Green and other critical criminologies will continue apace in a world that is irreparably harmed and wholly configured by climate change, and books like Carbon Criminals will tell us why, how, and by whom."— Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime "Art Beat," WMUK interview with Ron Kramer https://www.wmuk.org/post/art-beat-carbon-criminals-climate-crimes#stream/0— "Art Beat," WMUK “An important contribution to the literature and to the fight for climate justice more generally. Its relevance can hardly be overstated….[This] book encourages us to bring climate change to the centre of criminological curriculum. Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes will be on my students’ reading list this year.”— State Crime Review "Kramer's book should motivate widespread actions against climate crimes, both through social movement and the criminal justice system. Multiple strategies are needed to win the war for our families’ health and welfare."— World Medical & Health Policy "With a laudatory foreword by leading green criminologist and climate change expert Rob White of the University of Tasmania, this is all in all a must read. Essential."— ChoiceTable of ContentsContents List of Tables Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations 1. “This Was a Crime:” Climate Change as a Criminological Concern 2. “Beyond Catastrophic:” The Climate Crisis, Carbon Criminals, and Fossil Capitalism 3. “When Did They Know”? Climate Crimes of Continued Extraction and Rising Emissions 4. “The Politics of Predatory Delay:” Climate Crimes of Political Omission and Socially Organized Denial 5. “Slowing the Rise of the Oceans”? Obama’s Mixed Legacy and Trump’s Climate Crimes 6. “Blood for Oil,” Pentagon Emissions, and the “Politics of the Armed Lifeboat:” Climate Crimes of Empire 7. The “Climate Swerve:” Hope, Resistance, and Climate Justice References Index
£30.60
Rutgers University Press Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes
Book Synopsis2020 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleCarbon Criminals, Climate Crimes analyzes the looming threats posed by climate change from a criminological perspective. It advances the field of green criminology through a examination of the criminal nature of catastrophic environmental harms resulting from the release of greenhouse gases. The book describes and explains what corporations in the fossil fuel industry, the U.S. government, and the international political community did, or failed to do, in relation to global warming. Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes integrates research and theory from a wide variety of disciplines, to analyze four specific state-corporate climate crimes: continued extraction of fossil fuels and rising carbon emissions; political omission (failure) related to the mitigation of these emissions; socially organized climate change denial; and climate crimes of empire, which include militaristic forms of adaptation to climate disruption. The final chapter reviews policies that could mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to a warming world, and achieve climate justice.Trade Review"At the heart of Ron’s argument is the observation that climate disruption does not happen by chance, accident or simply because of human activities in general. Rather, it is corporate-state collusion that is mostly to blame for perpetuating global warming and for delaying action to prevent or forestall further climate change." -- from the foreword by Rob White * author of Green Crimes and Dirty Money *"This is a book of the very first importance, one that historians (assuming there are some) will refer back to in a century as they struggle to understand the worst thing that ever happened on earth. It's well-proved thesis rests in the title: climate change was not an accident, and not something caused by 'everyone.' It was the work of a handful of greedy men, who were entirely conscious of their crime even as they committed it." -- Bill McKibben * author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? *"Art Beat," WMUK interview with Ron Kramer https://www.wmuk.org/post/art-beat-carbon-criminals-climate-crimes#stream/0 * "Art Beat," WMUK *"With a laudatory foreword by leading green criminologist and climate change expert Rob White of the University of Tasmania, this is all in all a must read. Essential." * Choice *"Community Conversations," WWMT-TV interview with Ron Kramer https://wwmt.com/news/local/community-conversations-professor-studies-the * "Community Conversations," WWMT-TV *"Kramer has written a tightly constructed and compelling narrative, providing a historical overview of global warming and climate change, of environmental science, of the development of Green Criminology, of the problems of fossil fuel extraction and rising emissions, of the case for four specific types of crime/criminality, and of environmental movements for social justice." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Carbon Criminals is a fantastic and immensely compelling and readable-yet-thorough account of the ongoing climate crisis from a criminological perspective. And we should make no mistake about it: climate change is not going anywhere. While the covid-19 pandemic might have, for now, eclipsed Australia’s Black Summer, the sure money is on climate change taking back the headlines sooner or later. Green and other critical criminologies will continue apace in a world that is irreparably harmed and wholly configured by climate change, and books like Carbon Criminals will tell us why, how, and by whom." * Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime *"Kramer's book should motivate widespread actions against climate crimes, both through social movement and the criminal justice system. Multiple strategies are needed to win the war for our families’ health and welfare." * World Medical & Health Policy *“An important contribution to the literature and to the fight for climate justice more generally. Its relevance can hardly be overstated….[This] book encourages us to bring climate change to the centre of criminological curriculum. Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes will be on my students’ reading list this year.” * State Crime Review *Table of ContentsContents List of Tables Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations 1. “This Was a Crime:” Climate Change as a Criminological Concern 2. “Beyond Catastrophic:” The Climate Crisis, Carbon Criminals, and Fossil Capitalism 3. “When Did They Know”? Climate Crimes of Continued Extraction and Rising Emissions 4. “The Politics of Predatory Delay:” Climate Crimes of Political Omission and Socially Organized Denial 5. “Slowing the Rise of the Oceans”? Obama’s Mixed Legacy and Trump’s Climate Crimes 6. “Blood for Oil,” Pentagon Emissions, and the “Politics of the Armed Lifeboat:” Climate Crimes of Empire 7. The “Climate Swerve:” Hope, Resistance, and Climate Justice References Index
£107.20
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Climate Psychology: On Indifference to Disaster
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the psycho-social phenomenon which is society’s failure to respond to climate change. It analyses the non-rational dimensions of our collective paralysis in the face of worsening climate change and environmental destruction, exploring the emotional, ethical, social, organizational and cultural dynamics to blame for this global lack of action. The book features eleven research projects from four different countries and is divided in two parts, the first highlighting novel methodologies, the second presenting new findings. Contributors to the first part show how a ‘deep listening’ approach to research can reveal the anxieties, tensions, contradictions, frames and narratives that contribute to people’s experiences, and the many ways climate change and other environmental risks are imagined through metaphor, imagery and dreams. Using detailed interview extracts drawn from politicians, scientists and activists as well as ordinary people, the second part of the book examines the many different ways in which we both avoid and square up to this gathering disaster, and the many faces of alarm, outrage, denial and indifference this involves. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction; Paul Hoggett.- Part I: Mostly Methods.- Chapter 2: New Methods for Investigating New Dangers; Renee Lertzman.- Chapter 3: Children & Climate Change: Exploring Children’s Feelings about Climate Change using Free Association Narrative Interview Methodology; Caroline Hickman.- Chapter 4: An Integrative Methodology for Investigating Lived Experience and the Psychosocial Factors Influencing Environmental Cognition and Behaviour; Nadine Andrews.- Chapter 5: Emotional Work as a Necessity: A Psychosocial Analysis of Low-Carbon Energy Collaboration Stories; Rosie Robison.- Chapter 6: Climate Change, Social Dreaming and Art: Thinking the Unthinkable; Julian Manley & Wendy Hollway.- Chapter 7: Researching Climate Engagement: Collaborative Conversations and Consciousness Change; Sally Gillespie.- Part II: Mostly Findings.- Chapter 8: Emotions, Reflexivity and the Long Haul: What we do About how we Feel About Climate Change; Jo Hamilton.- Chapter 9: Leading with Nature in Mind; Rembrandt Zegers.- Chapter 10: Attitudes to Climate Change in some English Local Authorities: Varying Sense of Agency in Denial and Hope; Gill Westcott.- Chapter 11:We Have to Talk About….Climate Change; Robert Tollemache.- Chapter 12: Engaging with Climate Change: Comparing the Cultures of Science and Activism; Ro Randall & Paul Hoggett.- Chapter 13: Conclusion; Paul Hoggett.
£23.74
Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Economics of Climate Change in Argentina
Book SynopsisIn this volume, the contributors discuss some of the most remarkable global warming effects in Argentina and examine policies that Latin American countries could follow to achieve their individual climate goals. Climate change is one of the most pressing issues today. However, after many years of climate negotiations, the world has failed to introduce a common global policy. Differences in countries' climate agendas have led to unsuccessful efforts. Countries willing to pursue a climate policy have sought alternative strategies to mitigate and adapt to global warming's consequences within their jurisdiction. In this context, Latin American countries' role in shaping the regional climate agenda is yet to be explored. The book covers some papers from the well-received "First Workshop on Environmental Economics and Energy" in Argentina. Using data from Argentina, the contributors analyze the effects of global warming on agricultural yields and the impact of extreme weather on human health. From a global perspective, the contributors also describe the interactions between a reduction in carbon emissions, carbon emissions intensity, and economic growth; the role that trade policies can play to reduce carbon emissions; and the paradoxes that arise from promoting renewable energies in the region. The contributors also address the relationship between sustainability and economic growth; the private sector's role in shaping policies and providing sustainable solutions; and the Latin American challenges for the next generation. The book will be of interest to policy-makers, academics, researchers, and professionals worldwide working in climate change impacts and policy. It will also appeal to a general audience interested in climate change economics, its consequences, and the steps that countries in Latin America can take to move forward.Trade Review“Readers who are not trained in quantitative research will benefit from the book because the explanations and interpretations provided by the authors are comprehensible and, in most cases, also plausible. … The book provides valuable insights and demonstrates that convincing findings on the Global South … . Social scientists trained in qualitative research will be motivated to use these findings as a starting point … .” (Sören Scholvin, European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Issue 112, 2021)Table of ContentsChapter 1) IntroductionChapter 2) The impact of extreme temperatures on mortality risks in Argentina – by Christian Garcia and Mariano Javier RabassaChapter 3) Mitigation and adaptation processes in crop yields. The case of soybeans in Argentina - by Hildegart Ahumada and Magdalena CornejoChapter 4) Beyond the Question “Is there Carbon Decoupling": Decoupling Rankings - by Mariana Conte GrandChapter 5) How could trade liberalization on environmental goods and services reduce CO2 Emissions? Decomposing Scale, Technique and Composition effects in a CGE approach - by María Priscila Ramos and Omar Osvaldo Chisari.Chapter 6) Carbon taxes and renewable energy: a discussion about the Green paradox - by María Elisa Belfiori.Chapter 7) Climate change and sustainable development goals - by María Eugenia Di Paola.Chapter 8) Climate change and Argentina: policy issues - by Carlos Gentile, Maria Elisa Belfiori and Mariano Javier Rabassa.Chapter 9) Concluding remarks - by Maria Elisa Belfiori and Mariano Javier Rabassa
£42.74
Springer Nature Switzerland AG A Faunal Review of Aleocharine Beetles in the
Book SynopsisArctic and Subarctic North America is particularly affected by climate change, where average temperatures are rising three times faster than the global average. Documenting the changing climate/environment of the north requires a structured knowledge of indicator taxa that reflect the effects of climate changes.Aleocharine beetles are a dominant group of forest insects, which are being used in many projects as indicators of environmental change. Many species are forest specialists restricted to certain microhabitats, some are generalists and others are open habitat specialists. They represent many ecological niches and, as such, are good indicators for many other species as well. The majority of Canadian aleocharine beetle species (about 600 spp.) has been studied and published by Jan Klimaszewski et al. (2018, 2020), mainly from southern, central, and western Canada, while the northern taxa remain poorly known and documented. The aim of the present book is to summarize the knowledge on this insect group in the Arctic and Subarctic North America and to provide a diagnostic and ecological tool for scientists studying and monitoring insects in northern Canada and Alaska. The book includes a review of the literature, information on 238 species and their habitats, taxonomic review, images, and identification tools.Trade Review“I am in awe of the efforts put forward by the authors of this volume. … This book is an excellent addition to the library of anyone interested in the effects of climate change on Arctic and Subarctic insects.” (Stylianos Chatzimanolis, The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 76 (4), 2022)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Historical review of research on Arctic and Subarctic Aleocharinae.- Material and methods.- Impact of climate change on northern fauna and flora.- Aleocharinae as indicators of change.- Faunal analysis and discussion.- Key to tribes occurring in Arctic and Subarctic zones.- Tribe Gymnusini Heer, 1839.- Tribe Aleocharini Fleming, 1821.- Tribe Oxypodini C.G. Thomson, 1859.- Tribe Tachyusini C.G. Thomson, 1859.- Tribe Hypocyphtini Laporte, 1835.- Tribe Myllaenini Ganglbauer, 1895.- Tribe Liparocephalini Fenyes, 1918.- Tribe Homalotini Heer, 1839.- Tribe Placusini Mulsant and Rey, 1871.- Tribe Athetini Casey, 1910.- Tribe Falagriini Mulsant and Rey, 1873.
£143.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Climate Change, Human Impact and Green Energy
Book SynopsisThis book indicates the most optimal solutions for the growing civilization problem related to climate change that takes place more and more rapidly on our planet. It is divided into two parts: In the first part, the authors - based on the available analyses and reports on climate change taking place on Earth - present their own point of view in relation to the above issue, while trying to find answers to the following questions: · Why is it so difficult to admit that humans are responsible for the ongoing climate change? · Will climate change destroy life on Earth? · Can science and modern technologies stop this process? In the second part of the book, the authors propose a solution for the advancing climate change, regarding the reduction of CO2 emissions coming mainly from the energy sector. On the basis of scientific achievements and implementations of research institutions in Poland, especially the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdansk, the book proposes directions of development of the energy transformation in Poland and other countries for which fossil fuels currently make a large contribution to the energy production process and are the main emitter of CO2 to the atmosphere. The book is addressed to citizens, ecologists, climatologists as well as politicians and experts responsible for shaping the climate and energy policy of the country level and also the world.Table of ContentsPart I. Some information on climate and emissions. World transformation on the example of Poland.- Chapter 1. Introduction – some facts and opinions.- Chapter 2. Some information on climate and emissions. Where are we heading?.- Chapter 3. CO2 emissions. Will the European Union become “Don Kichot” in a lonely fight?.- Chapter 4. Energy industry: Visions, forecasts, scenarios.- Chapter 5. Transformation in Poland. Scenarios. Controversies. Programs.- Chapter 6. Which energy mix for Poland and for other countries of the world based on coal energy. Part II. Human impact on progressive climate change, new trends in social behaviour in the fight against climate change.- Chapter 7. Afterthoughts and conclusions.- Chapter 8. Energy poverty.- Chapter 9. Smart cities.- Chapter 10. Industry 4.0 - the fourth industrial revolution.- Chapter 11. A few words to sum up.- Part III. Influence of technologies developed at IMP PAN on the process of energy transformation in Poland.- Chapter 12. Before we start.- Chapter 13. Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery in a nutshell.- Chapter 14. How to start the energy transformation.- Chapter 15. Technologies necessary to carry out the energy transformation.- Chapter 16. Other activities of the Institute for energy transformation.- Chapter 17. Summary and acknowledgments.
£89.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Climate Geoengineering: Science, Law and
Book SynopsisThe sobering reality of the disconnect between the resolve of the world community to effectively address climate change, and what actually needs to be done, has led to increasing impetus for consideration of a suite of approaches collectively known as “climate geoengineering,” or “climate engineering.” Indeed, the feckless response of the world community to climate change has transformed climate geoengineering from a fringe concept to a potentially mainstream policy option within the past decade. This volume will explore scientific, political and legal issues associated with the emerging field of climate geoengineering. The volume encompasses perspectives on both of the major categories of climate geoengineering approaches, carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management.Table of ContentsTentative Table of Contents1) The Role of the Paris Agreement in Governing Climate Geoengineering2) Human Rights Regimes and Climate Geoengineering3) Recent Developments in Climate Change Law, Sicnece and Politics for SRM Liability4) Non-Environmental Regimes for Governing Climate Geoengineering5) The Precautionary Principle and Climate Geoengineering6) Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption and the Political Econom
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Justice in Climate Action Planning
Book SynopsisThis edited volume examines how climate action plans engage justice at the scale of the city. Recent events in the United States make the context particularly ripe for a discussion of justice in urban climate politics. On the one hand, the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, George Floyd’s death, and the prominence of racial discrimination in the public realm have mainstreamed the notion of justice. On the other hand, the dire consequences of increased frequency and severity of climate events on vulnerable segments of urban populations are undeniable. While some cities have been proactive about integrating justice in their climate action planning, in most places an explicit and systematic link between both spheres has been lacking. This book explores this interface as it seeks to understand how cities can respond to climate change in a just way and for just outcomes. While resilience strategies based on “development” may engage historic inequities, they may at the same time result in marginalizing certain populations through various processes, from mismatched solutions to outright exclusion and climate gentrification. By identifying how certain populations are included in or excluded from climate action planning practices, the chapters in this volume draw on case studies to outline the differential outcomes of climate action in American cities, also proposing a template for comparative work beyond the US. The authors tackle the debate about how justice is or is not integrated in climate action plans and assess practical implications, while also making theoretical and methodological contributions. As it fills a gap in the literature at the intersection of justice and climate action, the book produces new insights for a wide-ranging audience: students, practitioners, policy-makers, planners, the non-profit sector, and scholars in geography, urban planning, urban studies, environmental studies, ecology, political science, or anthropology. Along five axes of investigation―theory, resilience, equity, community, and comparison as method―the contributors offer various pathways into the intersection between urban climate action and different understandings of justice. Collectively, they invite a reflection that can lead to practical initiatives in climate mitigation, while also advancing the theorization of social justice to account for the urban as a node where (in)justice plays out and can be addressed with significant results.Table of ContentsChapter 1.- Integrating inclusivity & justice into climate action planning: Beyond mere symbolism. Chapter 2.- We can’t address what we don’t acknowledge: How urban climate adaptation plans confront racial injustices. Chapter 3.- Sustainable city? The search for social justice in Flagstaff, Arizona’s climate action plan. Chapter 4.- Missing the Housing for the Trees: The Challenge of Equity in Urban Climate Planning. Chapter 5.- Climate Discourses in France: Fuel Taxes, Yellow Vests, and the Grand Débat. Chapter 6.- Incorporating an Equity Lens into Local Climate Action Planning: Portland, Oregon’s Experience. Chapter 7.- Community engagement and equity in climate adaptation planning: experience of small and mid- size cities in the United States and in France. Chapter 8.- Mobilities In Climate Action Planning: The Challenges of Integrating (In)Justices in Current Policies. Chapter 9.- Resilience and climate risk in extreme and extreme - ing urban environments: planning and climate justice. Chapter 10.- Addressing Individualized Risk Response to Climate Resilience Assessment by Fostering Adaptive Capacity. Chapter 11.- Downscaling Resilience: Appropriating and Contesting Resilience from City to Neighborhood. Chapter 12.- Cultural Heritage Preservation, Climate Action Planning, and Social Justice. Chapter 13.- Community agency for climate justice through and beyond the state: The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. Chapter 14.- Creating Tools for Community Based Climate Planning. Chapter 15.- Interagency Collaborations in Place- Based Environmental Sustainability Work: Social Network Insights at the Community Level. Chapter 16.- Afloat and Adrift: What’s the Plan as South Florida Slowly Sinks? Chapter 17.- Vulnerable Locations and the Need for Climate Action Planning: The Case of Cape Coral, Florida.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Quiet Activism: Climate Action at the Local Scale
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the potential and possibilities for socially innovative responses to the climate emergency at the local scale. Climate change has intensified the need for communities to find creative and meaningful ways to address the sustainability of their environments. The authors focus on the creative and collaborative ways local- scale climate action reflects the extra-ordinary measures taken by ordinary people. This includes critical engagement with the ways in which novel social practices and partnerships emerge between people, organisations, institutions, governance arrangements and eco-systems. The book successfully highlights the transformative power of socially innovative activities and initiatives in response to the climate crisis; and critically explores how different individuals and groups undertake climate action as ‘quiet activism’ – the embodied acts of collective disruption, subversion, creativity and care at the local scale.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Addressing the climate emergency at the local scale.- Chapter 2: Building and bridging the knowledge base.- Chapter 3: Bringing missing actors to the table.- Chapter 4: Walking together with care.- Chapter 5: Realising transformative potential.- Chapter 6: Making and breaking connections.- Chapter 7: Quiet activism in climate change.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Responding to the Climate Threat: Essays on
Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates how robust and evolving science can be relevant to public discourse about climate policy. Fighting climate change is the ultimate societal challenge, and the difficulty is not just in the wrenching adjustments required to cut greenhouse emissions and to respond to change already under way. A second and equally important difficulty is ensuring widespread public understanding of the natural and social science. This understanding is essential for an effective risk management strategy at a planetary scale. The scientific, economic, and policy aspects of climate change are already a challenge to communicate, without factoring in the distractions and deflections from organized programs of misinformation and denial. Here, four scholars, each with decades of research on the climate threat, take on the task of explaining our current understanding of the climate threat and what can be done about it, in lay language—importantly, without losing critical aspects of the natural and social science. In a series of essays, published during the 2020 presidential election, the COVID pandemic, and through the fall of 2021, they explain the essential components of the challenge, countering the forces of distrust of the science and opposition to a vigorous national response. Each of the essays provides an opportunity to learn about a particular aspect of climate science and policy within the complex context of current events. The overall volume is more than the sum of its individual articles. Proceeding each essay is an explanation of the context in which it was written, followed by observation of what has happened since its first publication. In addition to its discussion of topical issues in modern climate science, the book also explores science communication to a broad audience. Its authors are not only scientists – they are also teachers, using current events to teach when people are listening. For preserving Earth’s planetary life support system, science and teaching are essential. Advancing both is an unending task.Trade Review“This book is an important contribution to meeting the climate challenge.” (Paul A. Hanle, Climatic Change, Vol. 176 (11), 2023)“This book is not a lullaby. It is a vital thought-provoking appraisal for all who want to read their children happy bedtime stories and enjoy fulfilling lives.” (Elena N. Naumova, Journal of Public Health Policy, Vol. 44 (3), 2023)Table of Contents1. Five science questions that ought to be asked at the debate2. Key messages about climate change: an introduction to a series3. Evidence shows warming of the planet4. The evidence is compelling on human activity as the principle cause of global warming5. Extreme events “presage worse to come” in a warming climate6. Multiple extreme climate events can combine to produce catastrophic damages7. Vigorous action needed, and soon, on climate change8.Rejoining the fight against climate change is in the U.S. national interest 9. Inaction on the climate threat is NOT an option10.Climate action and policy – Parallels with COVID-1911.Can pandemic aid the fight against global warming?12.We cannot ignore the links between COVID-19 and the warming planet13.The coronavirus is showing the cracks in the foundation of American society14.Counterfactual experiments are crucial but easy to misunderstand15.A $trillion economic blow? The cost of extreme weather in the U.S. is worse than we thought16.Adapt, abate, or suffer – lessons from Hurricane 17. The trump administration cooks the climate change numbers once again18.Climate change is getting worse, and it’s harder to predict
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Springer International Publishing AG Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems
Book SynopsisThis open access book about the sustainability of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in southern Africa provides a synthesis of the research program Science Partnerships for the Adaptation to Complex Earth System Processes (SPACES II, 2018-2022). It addresses the scientific, social, and economic issues related to climate change, its potential impacts on the various ecosystems, adaptations, and management interventions for enhancing systems resilience in Southern Africa. It is written by numerous scientists from African states and Germany and summarizes the latest research findings, which are of great relevance for a better understanding of climate change impacts, adaptations, and vulnerabilities as well as for developing management options and policy options to reduce the associated risks. This is crucial considering that the projected African population increase is exceptional. Furthermore, climate change is assumed to hit southern Africa extremely hard with a significant increase in extreme events and the frequency of severe droughts, heat waves, and flooding. Southern Africa hosts a high variety of ecosystems, which belongs to important biodiversity hotspots for unique flora and fauna. The surrounding oceans form, in turn, a bottle neck within the ocean’s global thermohaline circulation, act as a still poorly understood carbon sink and source and play an important role for fisheries as they are highly productive. Considering these important aspects, the book is an important interdisciplinary contribution to the scientific literature and will find a wide readership.The book is aimed at students, teachers, and scientists in the fields of terrestrial and marine ecology, environmental, nature and landscape planning, agriculture, environmental and resource management, biodiversity, and nature conservation, as well as scientists and representatives in specialised authorities and associations, nature conservationists, and policy makers of related disciplines.Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Climate Change and Environmental Impacts: Past,
Book SynopsisEarth’s climate varies even without human influence but the acceleration in the changing pattern with cause and effect by/to the civilisation is a matter of concern to scientists. These patterns are lessons to understand future trends and ways and means for mitigation. The extreme weather events in almost every region of the globe involving excessive loss of human life and property are causing anxiety in society and posing challenges before scientists and planners. Cyclical variations in the Earth’s climate occur at multiple time scales, from years to decades, centuries, and millennia. Cycles at each scale are caused by a variety of physical mechanisms. In the last 65 Ma only, there have been several cycles of glacial advances and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 11,700 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era and human civilization. A multidisciplinary approach in studying the Earth’s changing climate will provide a holistic view and guide us in future planning and programming.Table of ContentsFloral Diversity and Climate Change in the Siwalik Succession.- Early Paleogene Megaflora of the Palaeoequatorial Climate: A Case Study from the Gurha Lignite Mine of Rajasthan, Western India.- Development of Cenogram Technique over the Past Six Decades with Some Insights into the Varied Habitats Occupied by Diverse Mammalian Communities Across Spain, China, and India Transiting the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum.- Palynofloral Diversity During Mid-Miocene Warming in Kerala Basin, South-Western India: Palaeoclimatic Implications.- Non-Pollen Palynomorphs from the Late-Holocene Sediments of Majuli Island, Assam (Indo-Burma Region): Implications to Palaeoenvironmental Studies.- Climate Variability and Its Causal Mechanisms Over the Northeastern Indian Himalaya.- Quaternary Climate of Narmada Valley: A Case Study on Understanding Provenance, Weathering and Depositional Environment Using Alluvium Geochemistry from Tawa River Basin, Hoshangabad District, Madhya Pradesh.- Heterogeneity in Glacier Area Loss in Response to Climate Change in Selected Basins of Western Himalaya.- Proglacial Landscape Transformations in Arctic, Ny-Alesund Area, Svalbard: Paraglacial Processes and Climate Warming During Late Quaternary.- Impact of Changing Climate Over Polar Ice Sheet – A Case Study from Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica.- Prevalent Climate Variables During Ablation Season Around Gangotri Glacier.- Compacted Snow Dune Complexes in Antarctica and their Applicability as New Climate Change and Basement Tectonic Parameters.- Investigating the Effect of Environmental Variables on the Isotopic Composition of Transpiration: Implications to Study the Monsoon Processes.- Investigating the Effect of Air-sea Carbon Dynamics and Water Quality Parameters on the Coral Reef Ecosystem of Lakshadweep Sea.- Trend Analysis and Change Point Detection of Annual and Seasonal Precipitation Timeseries Over Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh.- Assessment of Snow Cover Changes Over the Tons River Basin During Last Two Decades (2000-2019).- Extreme Rainfall Trends and their Statistical Significance.- Examination of Historical Trends and Future Projections for Climate and Land-use Variables and its Impacts on Kalna River Flow in Goa, India.- Temporal Trends in Water Discharge Characteristics of the Large Peninsular Rivers: Assessing the Role of Climatic and Anthropogenic Factors.- Groundwater Responses to Climate Variability in Punjab, India.- Reflections on Temporal Trends in Water Quality and Climate Variability at Three Degradation Hotspots of Leading Rivers in India.- Drought Frequency Assessment and Implications of Climate Change for Maharashtra, India.- Multi-temporal Impact Analysis of Covid-19 Lockdown and Unlock Measures on Major Air Pollutants in Guwahati City, India.- Impact of Lockdown on Air Quality in Megacities of India During COVID-19 Pandemic.- Understanding Urban Floods as Extreme Events and Disaster Management: A Case Study of Bengaluru.- Engendered Climate Risk Analysis: A Precursor to Gender Equality and Empowerment.- Covid Lockdown Improves the Health of River Yamuna: A Pilot Study.
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Springer International Publishing AG Montology Palimpsest: A Primer of Mountain
Book SynopsisThis book introduces an innovative approach to sustainable and regenerative mountain development. Transdisciplinary to biophysical and biocultural scales, it provides answers to the "what, when, how, why, and where" that researchers question on mountains, including the most challenging: So What! Forwarding thinking in its treatment of core subjects, this decolonial, non-hegemonic volume inaugurates the Series with contributions of seasoned montologists, and invites the reader to an engaging excursion to ascend the rugged topography of paradigms, with the scaffolding hike of ambitious curiosity typical of mountain explorers.Chapter 8 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introductory remarks ……………………………………….…………..……….………………… Fausto O. SarmientoPart 1: The Pioneering DimensionChapter 2. ………………………………………………………………………….…………..….Mountain Studies and Research in the Eighteenth Century: The Contributions of Horace Bénédict de Saussure and Alexander von Humboldt to the Study of MountainsPere SunyerChapter 3. ……………………………………………………………………………………...….Mountain Development Adventure: The Hillary Model behind the Hillary Medal Seth SicroffChapter 4. ………………………………………………………………………………..………..Historical and Contemporary Contributions of the “Climber-Scientist” to Mountain Geography Alton C. ByersPart 2: The Human DimensionChapter 5. ……………………………………………………………………………………....…. Montology within Geopolitical and Cultural Appropriations: ‘Mountain’ as a Social Construct Fausto O. SarmientoChapter 6. ……………………………………………………………………………….……..….Human Diversity, Identities, and Indigeneity in Contrasting Mountain Landscapes Christoph Stadel and Hermann KreutzmannChapter 7. ……………………………………………………………………………………...….Mountain Landscapes as “Lifescapes”: Sustaining Traditional Biocultural Heritage and Supporting Resilience in the Asia-Pacific Region Jessica Brown, Masahito Yoshida and Nobuko InabaChapter 8. ……………………………………………………………………………………..….Urbanization and the Verticality of Rural–Urban Linkages in Mountains Andreas Haller and Domenico BrancaPart 3: The Physical DimensionChapter 9. ……………………………………………………………………………………..….Trends of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Mountain RegionsAlexey Gunya and Lynn ReslerChapter 10. ………………………………………………………………………………….…..….Atmospheric Envelopes and Glacial RetreatKeniuchi Ueno and Bob NakilezaChapter 11. ……………………………………………………………………………………..….Mountain Landslides – An Overview of Common Types and Future ImpactsMarten Geertsema and Irasema Alcántara-AyalaPart 4: The Spiritual DimensionChapter 12. ……………………………………………………………………………………..….The Spiritual and Cultural Importance of MountainsEdwin BernbaumChapter 13. ……………………………………………………………………………………..….A Biocultural Ethic for Coinhabiting Mountainous Rivers Ricardo RozziChapter 14. ……………………………………………………………………………………..….High Altitude Archaeology and the Anthropology of Sacred Mountains: 25 Years of Explorations and Diseminations María Constanza CerutiPart 5: The Biogeographical DimensionChapter 15. ……………………………………………………………………………………..….The Paleoecological View from the MountainsMark B. BushChapter 16. ……………………………………………………………………………………..….Mountain Waterscapes: Geographies of Interactions, Transformations and MeaningsCarol P. Harden and Alfonso FernándezChapter 17. ……………………………………………………………………………………..….Biogeography of Knowledges in the Mountainous Anthropocene: Hybrid Conceptual and Practical Spaces within the GeoHumanitiesMatteo Sartori and Andrés Moreira-MuñozChapter 18. ……………………………………………………………………………………..….Agrobiodiversity in Mountain Territories: Family Farming and the Challenges of Social-Environmental ChangesCarla Marchant, Fernanda Olivares, Julián Caviedes, Francisca Santana, Constanza Monterrubio-Solís, José Tomás IbarraPart 6: The Conservation DimensionChapter 19. ………………………………………………………………………………….…..….Construction of Disaster Risk in Mountain Systems and its Integrated ManagementIrasema Alcántara-Ayala and Marten GeertsemaChapter 20. ………………………………………………………………………………….…..….Population Movements, Colonization Trends and Amenity Migrants in MountainscapesLarry M. Frolich and Matthias SchmidtChapter 21. ……………………………………………………………………………………...….Mountain Protected Areas and Ecotourism for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Ecuador Renato Chávez-VelásquezChapter 22. ……………………………………………………………………………….……..….Mountain Biosphere Reserves as Model Territories: Reconciling the Goals of Biological/Cultural Heritage Conservation and DevelopmentYuri Badenkov, Thomas Schaaf and Tatyana YashinaChapter 23. ……………………………………………………………………………………...….World Heritage and Mountain SitesMechtild RösslerPart 7: The Epistemological DimensionChapter 24. ……………………………………………………………………………….……..….Ecosystem Services and Benefits of Nature to People: Global Change Pressures and Conflicts of Use in MountainscapesUta SchirpkeChapter 25. …………………………………….………………………………………………..….Metascientific Approaches to MontologyVladimír Š. Kremsa and Florin ŽigraiChapter 26. ……………………………………………………………………………….……..….Terminology and Argot Woes in the Corpus of Mountain GeographiesFausto O. Sarmiento and Alexey GunyaChapter 27 Conclusion. ……………………………………………………………………………………..….Fausto O. Sarmiento
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Springer International Publishing AG Homeowners and the Resilient City: Climate-Driven
Book SynopsisThis book provides an important overview of how climate-driven natural hazards like river or pluvial floods, droughts, heat waves or forest fires, continue to play a central role across the globe in the 21st century. Urban resilience has become an important term in response to climate change. Resilience describes the ability of a system to absorb shocks and depends on the vulnerability and recovery time of a system. A shock affects a system to the extent that it becomes vulnerable to the event. This book focus examines how private property-owners might implement such measures or improve their individual coping and adaptive capacity to respond to future events. The book looks at the existence of various planning, legal, financial incentives and psychological factors designed to encourage individuals to take an active role in natural hazard risk management and through the presentation of theoretical discussions and empirical cases shows how urban resilience can be achieved. In addition, the book guides the reader through different conceptual frameworks by showing how urban regions are trying to reach urban resilience on privately-owned land. Each chapter focuses on different cultural, socio-economic and political backgrounds to demonstrate how different institutional frameworks have an impact.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Resilient cities and homeowners action: governing for flood resilience through homeowner contributions.- Propety, property rights and natural hazards and beyond.- Individual behaviour in disaster risk reduction.- Resilient flood recovery – financial schemes for the recovery-mitigation nexus.- Resident’s role in Sponge City construction and urban flood disaster relief of China.- Factors influencing flood related coping appraisal among homeowners and residents in Kampala, Uganda.- Addressing the homeowners’ barriers to Property-Level Flood Risk Adaption: A case study of tailored expert advice in Belgium.- Strategic risk communication to increase the climate resilience of households – Conceptual insights and a strategy example from Germany.- Government, homeowners, and wildfire: what can we learn from California’s resilience planning experience?.- Supporting stakeholder-based adaptation to climate change: experiences in the City of Melbourne.- Conclusion.
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Springer International Publishing AG Climate, Land-Use Change and Hydrology of the
Book SynopsisThere is a need of strengthening the global and local response to cope with the threat of climate change and adverse effects of rising anthropogenic activities in the mountain ecosystem. This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive scientific and technical knowledge based on climate and land cover change impact assessment, adaptation and mitigation strategies in the Indian Himalayan watershed. The text updates the understanding scientific analysis to promote evidence-based policy formulation at regional and local levels. It can be used as reference materials with regards to climate and land cover change for those new learners interested in the mountainous region. This comprehensive book covers a wide range of potential research areas including climate change scenarios, science and its applications, adaptation to climate change-theory and assessment, water resources, agriculture, forest, biodiversity, and ecosystems, indigenous knowledge etc.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Description of the Study Area.- Chapter 3. Climate Variability Assessment.- Chapter 4. Changes in Land Use/Land Cover.- Chapter 5. Climate and Land Cover Change Scenarios.- Chapter 6. Effect of Climate and Land Cover Changes on Flow Regime.- Chapter 7. Policies on Climate Change Mitigation.- Chapter 8. Summary and Conclusion.
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Springer International Publishing AG A Guide to a Healthier Planet: Scientific
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on closing the gap between scientific insights on pressing environmental issues that do not often reach the general public, and putting that scientific knowledge in the hands of everyday people who can use these insights to take action against climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. The goal of this work is to share fascinating facts about nature and sustainability to inspire taking action toward a healthier planet, and to provide ideas on how we can take action to solve environmental issues in an informed and easy-to-understand way. The chapters are sourced from the author's work published on medium.com/@ErlijnG with added content not available on medium.com.All chapters are based on open-access research articles covering various environmental issues and solutions that are not often disseminated in popular discourse but are nonetheless important for non-scientific audiences to understand and become familiar with. They allow readers to explore the broad range of concepts and issues and recognize the far-reaching consequences, and trigger the desire to take action. Also, each chapter provides concrete ideas of how we as individuals can take action in daily life to make a positive difference related to the issues described. The book is a multimodal work, as it includes images and videos that accompany the text.Table of ContentsPartI. Climate Change.- Chapter1. How Climate Change Impacts Our Future.- Chapter2. How Climate Change Impacts Our Wine.- Chapter3. How Climate Change Impacts Mental Health.- Chapter4. How Climate Change Impacts The Safety of Bridges.- Chapter5. Climate Solutions: Controlling CO2 Levels.- Chapter6. Climate Solutions: Controlling Methane Levels.- PartII. Pollution.- Chapter7. How Plastic Pollution Impacts Our Environment.- Chapter8. How Plastic Pollution Impacts Aquatic Animals.- Chapter9. How Light Pollution Impacts Our Environment.- Chapter10. How Heavy Metal Pollution Can Cause Parkinson Disease.- Chapter11. Pollution Solutions: Removing Pollutants From Soil And Water.- Chapter12. Pollution Solutions: Removing Pollutants From Air.- PartIII. Biodiversity.- Chapter13. How Biodiversity Impacts Our Health.- Chapter14. How Soil Biodiversity Impacts the Health of Our Planet.- Chapter15. How Beavers Impact Their Ecosystem.- Chapter16. How Urbanization Impacts Pollinator Behavior.- Chapter17. Biodiversity Solutions: Saving Wildlife.- Chapter18. Biodiversity Solutions: Sustainable Agriculture.-Conclusion.- Chapter19. Psychological Aspects.- Chapter20. How We Can Take Action.
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Springer International Publishing AG Investing in a Changing Climate: Navigating
Book SynopsisNet Zero is not enough. We have dithered so long about climate change that, by now, we would need to go to negative-emissions territory, well before 2050, to keep global warming under the iconic 1.5°C target. The national commitments made so far fall short of what is needed, and so do the investments envisioned. But even with the best of intentions, it is hard for policymakers and potential investors to discern where, in the profusion of initiatives and technologies, it would make sense to focus their attention and resources. This is where this book comes in. It offers a clear-eyed view of how far along the decarbonization path six key sectors of the economy are—namely energy, utilities, transportation, industry, buildings, and agriculture—and which areas and technologies within each sector are promising in terms of investments to advance the cause. Furthermore, a special chapter on Africa spotlights a continent that is simultaneously one of the worst affected by climate change, the most likely to see its greenhouse gas emissions increase—and the one with the greatest potential for solving the West's, and the world’s, energy transition and economic growth conundrum. As such, the book serves as a concise guide both to the state of the battle against global warming, and for investors, professionals, and policymakers to find their way through the maze of options.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Watts Next? The Energy Pathway.- Chapter 3. The EU Utility Transition: Electrifying Times.- Chapter 4. Transportation: The Long and Winding Road.- Chapter 5. Greendustry.- Chapter 6. Construction and Buildings: Green Blueprints.- Chapter 7. Forestry, Agriculture, Food Chain, and Land Use: Greener Pastures.- Chapter 8. Africa Unbound.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Erhöhte CO2-Emissionsraten in nordeuropäischen
Book SynopsisDer Schwerpunkt der Arbeit liegt auf der biogeochemischen Analyse nordeuropäischer Moorgebiete und dem Einfluss des rezenten Klimawandels auf ihre Kohlenstoffbilanzen. Andreas Schomburg untersucht, wie lange und unter welchen Gegebenheiten die Kohlenstoffsenkenfunktion der Moore noch aufrechterhalten werden kann und inwieweit eine Möglichkeit besteht, die Auswirkungen von Degradation und Drainage in Moorgebieten zu erfassen. Degradierte und drainierte Moorstandorte in Nordeuropa sind starke Kohlenstoffquellen. Sie emittieren signifikant mehr CO2 in die Atmosphäre als angrenzende ungestörte Standorte. Bei höheren Jahresdurchschnittstemperaturen verstärkt sich der Effekt auf degradierten Standorten zusätzlich, indem der rekalzitrante Kohlenstoffstock aktiv am Kohlenstoffkreislauf teilnimmt. Hydrologische und biogeochemische Eigenschaften der Standorte sind entscheidende Parameter, welche die mikrobielle Torfzersetzung dabei aktiv steuern.Table of ContentsKohlenstoffrespirationsraten aus natürlichen und gestörten Moorgebieten.- Biogeochemische Analyse des Torfmaterials mittels Infrarot-Spektroskopie.- Vergleichsstudie auf zwei Moorstandorten mit unterschiedlichen Moorgebiets-Typen.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Tourismus und Klimawandel in Mitteleuropa:
Book SynopsisDer Konferenzband stellt den aktuellen Stand des Wissens und praktische Erfahrungen von Unternehmen und Regionen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Tourismus und Klimawandel in Mitteleuropa dar. Die Autoren diskutieren die daraus resultierenden Implikationen und Handlungserfordernisse für Klimaanpassung und Klimaschutz im Tourismus. Die Erderwärmung stellt die Branche in den kommenden Jahrzehnten vor neue Herausforderungen. Kaum ein anderer Wirtschaftszweig ist so von klimatischen Gegebenheiten abhängig wie der Tourismus. Daraus können sich neben Risiken auch Chancen ergeben. Table of ContentsVulnerabilität des Tourismus gegenüber dem Klimawandel.- Aufbereitung von tourismusrelevanten Klimadaten.- Anpassungserfordernisse und –initiativen im Tourismus.- Beitrag des Tourismus zum Klimawandel.- Klimaschutz als vorausschauende Anpassungsstrategie.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Klimaresiliente Kommunalpolitik: Eine
Book SynopsisDie konkreten gesellschaftlichen Folgen des Klimawandels sind sehr unsicher und nicht vorhersagbar. Die Szenarioanalyse erlaubt es, Vorstellungen möglicher Zukünfte zu entwickeln. Das Buch stellt vier kohärente Zukunftszenarien für die Stadt Bochum im Jahr 2046 vor und zeigt, wie daraus konkrete Maßnahmen für politische Entscheidungsträger*innen hergeleitet werden können. Die Leser*innen dringen in utopische und dystopische Erzählungen ein, die die wissenschaftlich fundierte Entwicklung der Szenarien anschaulich werden lassen. Darüber hinaus bietet das Buch eine Einführung in die Methode der Szenarioanalyse, die für den Aufbau von Aktivitäten der städtischen Vorausschau (Urban Foresight) auch in anderen Kommunen hochgradig relevant ist.Table of Contents1. Kommunales Management im 21. Jahrhundert2. Direkte Klimafolgen und Klimaanpassung in Bochum3. Methodik der qualitativen Szenarioanalyse4. Szenariobeschreibung „Waste Land 2046 – We told you so“5. Waste Land 2046: Heute sind wird satt geworden6. Szenarionbeschreibung „Greentopia - Too good to be true“7. Greentopia: Ohne Grün ist alles nichts, aber Grün ist nicht alles8. Szenariobeschreibung „Economy First – Business as usual“9. Economy first: Macht kaputt, was euch kaputt macht10. Szenariobeschreibung „Rotten Oasis – Let’s make things better“11. Rotten Oasis: Woanders is noch mehr schei…12. Handlungsempfehlungen für eine zukunftsorientierte kommunale Politik13. „Wir müssen … sozial gerechten Klimaschutz und Klimafolgenanpassung auf den Weg bringen“ – Ein Interview mit der Leiterin der Stabsstelle Klima und Nachhaltigkeit der Stadt Bochum 14. Bochum: Ausblick auf messbare Indikatoren in der fortschreitenden Klimakatastrophe bis 204615. Zukunftsvorstellungen im Realitätscheck
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