Climate change Books

Book SynopsisAn often heartbreaking look at the world’s first epidemic caused by climate change.Lyme disease is spreading rapidly around the globe as ticks move into areas where it was once too cold for them to live. Mary Beth Pfeiffer argues it is the first epidemic to emerge in the era of climate change, infecting millions around the globe. She tells the heart-rending stories of its victims, families whose lives have been destroyed by a single, often unseen, tick bite. Pfeiffer also warns of the emergence of other tick-borne illnesses that make Lyme more difficult to treat and pose their own grave risks. Lyme is an impeccably researched account of an enigmatic disease, making a powerful case for action to fight ticks, heal patients, and recognise humanity’s role in a modern scourge.'Heart-wrenching...After you read Lyme, the standard advice of 'do your due diligence, check for ticks, stay aware' won't seem adequate...Pfeiffer has delivered a powerful wake-up call.' — Sierra

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Book SynopsisWhat if rhetoric and climate are intimately connected? Taking climates to be rhetorical and rhetoric to be climatic, A Reading Group offers a generative framework for making sense of rhetorical studies as they grapple with the challenges posed by antiracist, decolonial, affective, ecological, and more-than-human scholarship to a tradition with a long history of being centered around individual, usually privileged, human agents wielding language as their principal instrument. Understanding the atmospheric and ambient energies of rhetoric underscores the challenges and promises of trying to heal a harmed world from within it. A cowritten “multigraph,” which began in 2018 as a reading group, this book enacts an intimate, mutualistic spirit of shared critical inquiry and play—an exciting new way of doing, thinking, and feeling rhetorical studies by six prominent scholars in rhetoric from communication and English departments alike.

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Book SynopsisHave you ever heard someone say that climate change is simply the result of natural cycles? Or that there can't be global warming because it still gets so cold out? While the claims climate-change deniers make can seem, on their surface, quite plausible, they simply don't hold up against the evidence: Beyond a shadow of a doubt, science proves that climate change is real and primarily human-driven. But the next time a skeptic puts you on the spot, will you know what to say to end the argument?HOW TO CHANGE MINDS ABOUT OUR CHANGING CLIMATE dismantles all the most pernicious misunderstandings using the strongest explanations science has to offer. Armed with airtight arguments, you'll never be at a loss for words again no matter how convincing or unexpected the misconception you're faced with. And with our planet's future in our hands, the time to change minds is now: The sooner we can agree, once and for all, that climate change is a significant threat to our well-being, the sooner we can start to do something about it.

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Book SynopsisIn November 2015, the world powers came together in Paris with the hope of reaching an agreement on the most urgent issue of our time: climate change. While it was an historic moment that brought solutions within the realm of possibility, the obstacles to enacting real revolution were still many. Now, confronting these controversies head-on, two scholars use a series of ground-breaking arguments to frame the problem in human terms, showing us how vested interests have been able to control the conversation, tracing a line of reasoning that will break through the seemingly impenetrable barriers of political obfuscation. This watershed book evokes the battle cries of Naomi Klein and the exigency of Rachel Carson, laying the groundwork for a path to environmental salvation.Trade Review"...the extended fictional debate illuminates key scientific, social and political complexities, and humanizes an issue often perceived as abstract." -- Nature"Philosophers of science Philip Kitcher and Evelyn Fox Keller call for constructive discourse on climate change in their unusual exploration of this urgent, highly politicized issue. While coherently explaining the science, they use Socratic dialogue to explore differing viewpoints." -- Mary Craig, Highlights of the Season’s Releases - Nature

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Book SynopsisThis third edition of the Encyclopedia of Climate Change comprises more than 500 essays and extensive back matter written specifically to provide students at high school and undergraduate levels with a comprehensive and convenient source of information on the fundamental science, sociopolitical issues, and controversies surrounding climate change.

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Book SynopsisBreaks new ground by both analyzing the literary qualities of four recent rewritings of the Noah myth and contextualizing their concern with climate change within the wider crises of the Anthropocene. With the rise of concern about global warming in recent years, climate-change fiction, or cli-fi, has become increasingly important both as a publishing phenomenon and as an area of academic study and research. Flood narratives have become a subsection of cli-fi in their own right. This book proposes new readings of four recent rewritings of the Noah myth, Odds Against Tomorrow by Nathaniel Rich, Margaret Atwood's Maddaddam trilogy, When the Floods Came by Clare Morrall, and The Flood by Maggie Gee. Helen E. Mundler's book takes into account the wealth of criticism that has appeared on these texts in recent years, acknowledging important contributions from critics including Adam Trexler, Adeline Johns-Putra, and Astrid Bracke. However, her book's strength is that it takes a new approach, going beyond the topicality of the texts and treating them not just as ideological statements but giving them their due as literary artifacts. While the importance of climate change is beyond debate, this book takes a more balanced approach that places it within a wider context of the multiple crises of the Anthropocene.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1: An Odd Sort of Cli-Fi? Nathaniel Rich's Odds Against Tomorrow 2: "Hadn't mankind done it before-started from scratch?" Reinterpreting Visions of Past and Future in Margaret Atwood's Maddaddam trilogy 3: Watering Down? Clare Morrall's When the Floods Came 4: The Archive and After: A Kaleidoscopic Reading of Maggie Gee's The Flood Conclusion Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisThe signs are there: our coastal cities are increasingly susceptible to flooding as the climate changes. Charleston, South Carolina, is no exception, and is one of the American cities most vulnerable to rising sea levels. Lowcountry at High Tide is the first book to deal with the topographic evolution of Charleston, its history of flooding from the seventeenth century to the present, and the efforts made to keep its populace high and dry, as well as safe and healthy.For centuries residents have made many attempts, both public and private, to manipulate the landscape of the low-lying peninsula on which Charleston sits, surrounded by wetlands, to maximize drainage, and thus buildable land and to facilitate sanitation. Christina Butler uses three hundred years of archival records to show not only the alterations to the landscape past and present, but also the impact those efforts have had on the residents at various socio-economic levels throughout its history.Wide-ranging and thorough, Lowcountry at High Tide goes beyond the documentation of reclamation and filling and offers a look into the life and the history of Charleston and how its people have been affected by its unique environment, as well as examining the responses of the city over time to the needs of the populace. Butler considers interdisciplinary topics from engineering to public health, infrastructure to class struggle, and urban planning to civic responsibility in a study that is not only invaluable to the people of Charleston, but for any coastal city grappling with environmental change.Illustrated with historical maps, plats, and photographs and organized chronologically and thematically within chapters, Lowcountry at High Tide offers a unique look at how Charleston has kept—and may continue to keep—the ocean at bay.

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Book SynopsisWhat if the harbinger of our greener future was a small power plant set in the middle of nowhere in West Texas? Longtime alternative energy executive Andy Bowman's book makes exactly this case, outlining what he suggests is a more sustainable future for American capitalism. The West Texas Power Plant that Saved the World takes the Barilla solar plant in Pecos County as a test case for the state of renewable energy in the twenty-first century United States.For author Andy Bowman, this is a very personal story. Bowman grew up in Galveston and acutely remembers watching stormwater climb up seawalls and wreak havoc on his home. He weaves these memories into his coming of age over two decades in the alternative energy industry, beginning in the 1990s, and tracks it's the industry's fits and starts that lead to the Barilla project. Barilla was the first solar project to be built "on spec": essentially, the plant was built without a contract in place and with the assumption that customers would come. That trailblazing wager represents a tidal shift in the alternative energy industry.In a clear voice, Bowman explains the climate science that necessitated this shift and makes business-based arguments for what the future should look like. The result is a book that tells a personal story of West Texan innovation, gumption, and vision, while also outlining how our society needs to equip itself to confront climate change.

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Book SynopsisYou’re not alone. Climate change is happening. Australia – and the world – is changing. On the Great Barrier Reef corals bleach white, across the inland farmers struggle with declining rainfall, in Tasmania forests that have never burned before are ablaze. Young and old alike are rightly anxious. Human activity is transforming the places we live in and love. In this extraordinarily powerful and moving book, leading Australian writers come together to reflect on what it is like to be alive during an ecological crisis as the physical world changes all around us. How do we hold onto hope?In this moving and powerful book, some of Australia’s best-known writers and thinkers including Tony Birch, James Bradley, Sophie Cunningham, Delia Falconer, Ashley Hay, Iain McCalman, Ellen van Neerven, Jane Rawson and David Ritter reflect on how we might resist, protect, grieve, adapt and unite. These personal stories – many of them centred around objects - are more than individual responses. They build a picture of a collective endeavour towards cultures of care, respect, and attention – values and actions that we yearn be reflected in the institutions that have power to act on a scale that matches the complexity and enormity of the challenge.Personal and urgent, this is a literary anthology for our age, the age of humans.

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Book SynopsisA leading political philosopher takes on Australia's biggest carbon emitters and their moral responsibilities.It's a shocking fact: the emissions produced annually from the fossil fuels extracted by Australia's major gas, coal and oil producers — Glencore, BHP Yancoal, Peabody, Whitehaven and Anglo-American — and sold here and overseas are larger than the emissions of all 25 million Australians.And if Australia's exported and domestic emissions are combined, Australia ranks as the sixth largest emitter in the world, behind China, USA, India, Russia and Japan. Far from being an insignificant contributor to climate change because of our small population, Australia is a key driver through our fossil fuel exports.How have these companies' exports escaped scrutiny when climate change is such an immediate area of concern around the world?Understanding the moral responsibility of Australia's major carbon emitters is a crucial first step in determining how to fairly share the burdens of a climate transition. In Carbon Justice, leading political philosopher Jeremy Moss sets out an ethical framework to establish the cost of the harms of these major emitters and what they should do about it. What they do next will shape Australia's response to climate change.

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Book SynopsisClimate catastrophe throws into stark relief the extreme, life-threatening inequalities that affect millions of lives worldwide. The poorest and most marginalized, who are least responsible for the consumption and emissions that create climate change, are the first and hardest impacted, and the least able to protect themselves. Climate justice is simultaneously a movement, an academic field, an organizing principle, and a political demand. Building climate justice is a matter of life and death.Climate Justice and Participatory Research offers ideas and inspiration for climate justice through the creation of research, knowledge, and livelihood commons and community-based climate resilience. It brings together articulations of the what, why, and how of climate justice through the voices of energetic and motivated scholar-activists who are building alliances across Latin America, Africa, and Canada. Exemplifying socio-ecological transformation through equitable public engagement, these scholars, climate activists, community educators, and teachers come together to share their stories of participatory research and collective action.Grounded in experience and processes that are currently underway, Climate Justice and Participatory Research explores the value of common assets, collective action, environmental protection, and equitable partnerships between local community experts and academic allies. It demonstrates the negative effects of climate-related actions that run roughshod over local communities' interests and wellbeing, and acknowledges the myriad challenges of participatory research. This is a work committed to the practical work of transforming socio-economies from situations of vulnerability to collective wellbeing.Table of Contents Introduction Participatory Research, Knowledge, and Livelihoods: Commons Build Community-Based Climate ResiliencePatricia E. Perkins Part I: Knowledge Commons Putting Ethos into Practice: Climate Justice Research in the Global Knowledge Commons Kathryn Wells Integrating Citizen Science Observations in Climate Mapping: Lessons from Coastal Zone Geovisualization in Chilean Patagonia and the Brazilian Southeast Allan Yu Iwama, Francisco Brañas, David Núñez, Daniela Collao, Ramin Soleymani-Fard, Carla Lanyon, Adrien Tofighi-Niaki, Lara da Silva, Petra Benyei, Francisco Ther, and Sarita Albagli Part II: Food, Land, and Agricultural Commons Enhancing Local Sensitives to Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Capacities of Smallholder Farmers: Community-Based Participatory Research Ayansina Ayanlade, Abinmola Oluwaranti, Adewale M. Olayiwola, Oluwatoyin S. Ayanlade, Margaret O. Jegede, Lemlem F. Weldemariam, Moses O. Olawole, and Adefunke F.O. Ayinde The Oil-Palm Sector in the Climate Crisis: Resilience and Social Justice in the Municipality of Ngwéi (Littoral-Cameroon) Guy Donald Abassombe, Mesmin Tchindjang, and Vadel Eneckdem Tsopgni Common-Pool Resources and the Governance of Community Gardens: Experimenting with Participatory Research in São Paulo, BrazilKátia Carolino and Marcos Sorrentino Linking Soil and Social-Ecological Resilience with the Climate Agenda: Perspectives from Quilombola communities in the Atlantic Forest, BrazilMarcondes Coelho, Eduardo C. da Silva Neto, Emerson Ramos, Ronaldo dos Santos, Ana P. D. Turetta, Marcos Gervasio Pereira, and Eliane M.R. da Silva Commons Governance and Climate Resilience: Intergovernmental Relationships in the Guapiruvu Community, Brazil Aico Nogueira Part III: Water and Fisheries Commons Mining and Water Insecurity in Brazil: Geo-Participatory Dam Mapping (MapGB) and Community Empowerment Daniela Campolina and Lussandra Gianasi Investigating Citizen Participation in Plans for Lamu Port, Kenya Solomon Njenga Hydroelecticity, Water Rights, Community Mapping, and Indigenous Toponyms in the Queuco River Basin Camila Bañales-Seguel Sentinels of Carelmapu: Participatory Community Monitoring to Protect Indigenous Marinescapes in Southern Chile Francisco Araos, Florencia Diestre, Jaime Cursach, Joaquin Almonacid, Gonzalo Zamorano, Wladimir Riquelme, Francisco Brañas, José Molin-Hueichán, Darlys Vargas, Manuel Lemus, Daniella Ruiz, and Claudio Oyarzún Inequality in Water Access for South Africa's Small-Scale Farmers amid a Climate Crisis: Past and Present Injustices in a Legal Context Patience Mukuyu and Mary Galvin Activist Citizen Science: Building Water Justice in South Africa Ferrial Adam Part IV: Collective Resilience for Climate Justice Conflicting Perspectives in the Global South Just Transition Movement: A Case Study of Mpumalanga Coal Region in South Africa Andries Motau Saving Our "Common Home:" A critical Analysis of the "For Our Common Home" Campaign in AlbertaChrislain Eric Kenfack Action Research for Climate Justice: Challenging the Carbon Market and False Climate Solutions in Mozambique Natacha Bruna and Boaventura Monjane Youth Climate Activism: Mobilizing for a Common Future Patricia Figueiredo Walker Index

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Book SynopsisClimate catastrophe throws into stark relief the extreme, life-threatening inequalities that affect millions of lives worldwide. The poorest and most marginalized, who are least responsible for the consumption and emissions that create climate change, are the first and hardest impacted, and the least able to protect themselves. Climate justice is simultaneously a movement, an academic field, an organizing principle, and a political demand. Building climate justice is a matter of life and death.Climate Justice and Participatory Research offers ideas and inspiration for climate justice through the creation of research, knowledge, and livelihood commons and community-based climate resilience. It brings together articulations of the what, why, and how of climate justice through the voices of energetic and motivated scholar-activists who are building alliances across Latin America, Africa, and Canada. Exemplifying socio-ecological transformation through equitable public engagement, these scholars, climate activists, community educators, and teachers come together to share their stories of participatory research and collective action.Grounded in experience and processes that are currently underway, Climate Justice and Participatory Research explores the value of common assets, collective action, environmental protection, and equitable partnerships between local community experts and academic allies. It demonstrates the negative effects of climate-related actions that run roughshod over local communities’ interests and wellbeing, and acknowledges the myriad challenges of participatory research. This is a work committed to the practical work of transforming socio-economies from situations of vulnerability to collective wellbeing.Table of Contents Introduction Participatory Research, Knowledge, and Livelihoods: Commons Build Community-Based Climate ResiliencePatricia E. Perkins Part I: Knowledge Commons Putting Ethos into Practice: Climate Justice Research in the Global Knowledge Commons Kathryn Wells Integrating Citizen Science Observations in Climate Mapping: Lessons from Coastal Zone Geovisualization in Chilean Patagonia and the Brazilian Southeast Allan Yu Iwama, Francisco Brañas, David Núñez, Daniela Collao, Ramin Soleymani-Fard, Carla Lanyon, Adrien Tofighi-Niaki, Lara da Silva, Petra Benyei, Francisco Ther, and Sarita Albagli Part II: Food, Land, and Agricultural Commons Enhancing Local Sensitives to Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Capacities of Smallholder Farmers: Community-Based Participatory Research Ayansina Ayanlade, Abinmola Oluwaranti, Adewale M. Olayiwola, Oluwatoyin S. Ayanlade, Margaret O. Jegede, Lemlem F. Weldemariam, Moses O. Olawole, and Adefunke F.O. Ayinde The Oil-Palm Sector in the Climate Crisis: Resilience and Social Justice in the Municipality of Ngwéi (Littoral-Cameroon) Guy Donald Abassombe, Mesmin Tchindjang, and Vadel Eneckdem Tsopgni Common-Pool Resources and the Governance of Community Gardens: Experimenting with Participatory Research in São Paulo, BrazilKátia Carolino and Marcos Sorrentino Linking Soil and Social-Ecological Resilience with the Climate Agenda: Perspectives from Quilombola communities in the Atlantic Forest, BrazilMarcondes Coelho, Eduardo C. da Silva Neto, Emerson Ramos, Ronaldo dos Santos, Ana P. D. Turetta, Marcos Gervasio Pereira, and Eliane M.R. da Silva Commons Governance and Climate Resilience: Intergovernmental Relationships in the Guapiruvu Community, Brazil Aico Nogueira Part III: Water and Fisheries Commons Mining and Water Insecurity in Brazil: Geo-Participatory Dam Mapping (MapGB) and Community Empowerment Daniela Campolina and Lussandra Gianasi Investigating Citizen Participation in Plans for Lamu Port, Kenya Solomon Njenga Hydroelecticity, Water Rights, Community Mapping, and Indigenous Toponyms in the Queuco River Basin Camila Bañales-Seguel Sentinels of Carelmapu: Participatory Community Monitoring to Protect Indigenous Marinescapes in Southern Chile Francisco Araos, Florencia Diestre, Jaime Cursach, Joaquin Almonacid, Gonzalo Zamorano, Wladimir Riquelme, Francisco Brañas, José Molin-Hueichán, Darlys Vargas, Manuel Lemus, Daniella Ruiz, and Claudio Oyarzún Inequality in Water Access for South Africa's Small-Scale Farmers amid a Climate Crisis: Past and Present Injustices in a Legal Context Patience Mukuyu and Mary Galvin Activist Citizen Science: Building Water Justice in South Africa Ferrial Adam Part IV: Collective Resilience for Climate Justice Conflicting Perspectives in the Global South Just Transition Movement: A Case Study of Mpumalanga Coal Region in South Africa Andries Motau Saving Our "Common Home:" A critical Analysis of the "For Our Common Home" Campaign in AlbertaChrislain Eric Kenfack Action Research for Climate Justice: Challenging the Carbon Market and False Climate Solutions in Mozambique Natacha Bruna and Boaventura Monjane Youth Climate Activism: Mobilizing for a Common Future Patricia Figueiredo Walker Index

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Book SynopsisEscalating global warming, driven by CO2 emissions from industry and fossil fuels, poses a critical challenge. Fulfilling the Paris Agreement and UN's Sustainable Development Goals necessitates reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gases like methane. Despite technological advancements, achieving sustainable carbon capture remains intricate. Recent progress in carbon capture technology motivates this book, offering ecological and financial potential. It bridges innovative materials and advanced technologies, disseminating breakthroughs including hydrogen and biofuel applications. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions yield profound consequences, reshaping landscapes and prompting global actions like the Kyoto Treaty. The book underscores quantifying and reducing energy and greenhouse gas emissions, reinforced by progressive strides. Amid urgency, fragmented guidance on personal carbon footprints leads to disarray. The book aims to provide clarity, particularly aiding students addressing the menace of CO2 emissions imperiling essential natural resources. It offers a valuable resource for studying climate change and pursuing sustainable solutions.

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Book SynopsisClimate Change Mitigation: Indian Perspective addresses the issues of climate change mitigation. Climate change is opulent; assuming and conceding that climate change mitigation is only remedy available against this anthropogenic problem. UNFCCC and Paris Agreement, 2015 have made a vigorous attempt to have a direct and concerted action of the World community to mitigate climate change. India being a concerned state and a champion of developing nations have initiated actions with regard to mitigation of climate change and sustainable environment without losing sights of its developmental goals and energy needs. The authors in this work have undertaken to examine & investigate the legal issues of climate change mitigation with special reference to Indian perspective to suggest for a better & holistic climate change mitigation without compromising development. The book concentrate on post Paris scenario relating to climate change mitigation. The work extensively discusses the Indian initiatives relating to climate change mitigation, decarbonization and zero carbon emission. The work lucidly explains the initiatives and paves ways for other nations to follow the formula, as India is the largest populous country being the biggest anthropogenic polluter and at the same time the worst victim of climate change.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Climate Change Mitigation Chapter 2 Climate Change and Its Impact: Meaning and Concepts Chapter 3 The Climate Change Mitigation: The Legal Framework Chapter 4 Climate Change Mitigation: International Legal Order Chapter 5 Climate Change Mitigation: Indian Legal Order Chapter 6 Climate Change Mitigation and Paris Agreement, 2015: Indian Initiatives Chapter 7 Climate Change Mitigation: Prospects

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Book SynopsisCollective Climate Action and Networked Climate Governance is a comprehensive book that delves into the urgent challenge of combating climate change. With the world witnessing unprecedented weather events, rising sea levels, and the rapid melting of ice caps, the book underscores the immediate and collective responsibility to protect our planet. This book navigates the multifaceted landscape of climate governance, addressing historical development, the role of non-state actors, international climate agreements, and the potential of technological innovation. The book emphasizes the interconnectedness of our global community and explores how collaborative efforts and networked governance can drive effective climate action. It provides a historical context, tracing the origins of the climate change debate and the evolution of environmental policy responses. By doing so, it highlights the limitations of traditional policy-making and advocates for innovative governance structures and cross-sector collaborations. In today's globalized world, the book analyzes the complex web of climate governance, showcasing the roles played by states, transnational organizations, cities, and businesses. It underscores the power of synergistic partnerships and the importance of integrating mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage management dimensions. Looking to the future, the book outlines emerging trends, including the potential of digital technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence, circular economy models, and decentralized renewable energy systems. It encourages readers to actively shape the trajectory of climate governance. Designed for a wide audience, from students to policymakers and the general public, Collective Climate Action and Networked Climate Governance equips readers with knowledge and tools to drive transformative change. It emphasizes the necessity of collective action and innovative governance to address climate change and build resilient societies in the face of this critical global challenge.Table of Contents Chapter 1 International Agreements on Climate Change Chapter 2 Local and Regional Climate Action Chapter 3 Mobilization of Civil Society and Youth Climate Activism Chapter 4 Networked Climate Governance Chapter 5 Carbon Markets and Emissions Trading Chapter 6 Elements of Systemic Change in Climate Action Chapter 7 Equity and Justice in Climate Action and Governance Chapter 8 Intersectionality in Climate Change Action and Networked Governance

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Book SynopsisCapitalism’s addiction to fossil fuels is heating our planet at a pace and scale never before experienced. Extreme weather patterns, rising sea levels and accelerating feedback loops are a commonplace feature of our lives. The number of environmental refugees is increasing and several island states and low-lying countries are becoming vulnerable. Corporate-induced climate change has set us on an ecocidal path of species extinction. Governments and their international platforms such as the Paris Climate Agreement deliver too little, too late. Most states, including South Africa, continue on their carbon-intensive energy paths, with devastating results. Political leaders across the world are failing to provide systemic solutions to the climate crisis. This is the context in which we must ask ourselves: how can people and class agency change this destructive course of history? Volume three in the Democratic Marxism series, The Climate Crisis investigates ecosocialist alternatives that are emerging. It presents the thinking of leading climate justice activists, campaigners and social movements advancing systemic alternatives and developing bottom-up, just transitions to sustain life. Through a combination of theoretical and empirical work, the authors collectively examine the challenges and opportunities inherent in the current moment. This volume builds on the class-struggle focus of Volume 2 by placing ecological issues at the center of democratic Marxism. Most importantly, it explores ways to renew historical socialism with democratic, ecosocialist alternatives to meet current challenges in South Africa and the world.Trade Review‘This volume reminds us that fossil fuel corporations, petro states and ruling elites are the key forces deepening the climate crisis. Hurricanes like Harvey and Irma have once again demonstrated the ways that extreme weather events disproportionately impact working people, the poor and Black lives. The wealthy, meanwhile, take cover in their wine cellars on private islands. Only systemic change, led from below, holds out the hope for a safe and sturdy future. This volume features some of the best thinking we have from the climate justice forces who are already mapping the way to that next world.’ — Naomi Klein, author of No Is Not Enough, This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine and No Logo. ‘This volume convincingly explains how capitalism has caused the climate crisis and why it cannot solve the crisis. Its perspectives take us beyond fatalism and provide a way forward for a thorough-going just transition anchored in people driven systemic transformation. Its democratic eco-socialist vision is rational, absolutely necessary and urgent as a basis to sustain life.’ — Mazibuko Jara activist and Director of Ntinga Ntaba kaNdoda. ‘South Africa’s National Development Plan supports resource nationalism, particularly more coal mines. Together with our carbon intensive economy, addiction to fossil fuels and now the push for an expensive nuclear deal we are heading down the wrong path. Our drought is a window into the future. This volume provides systemic alternatives for a feminist, climate justice and radical non-racial future for present and future generations. It should be read by all concerned about a climate driven world.’ — Makoma Lekalakala, Climate Justice Activist and Director of Earthlife Africa, Johannesburg.Table of Contents Tables, figures and box Acknowledgements Acronyms and abbreviations 1 The Climate Crisis and Systemic Alternatives PART ONE :THE CLIMATE CRISIS AS CAPITALIST CRISIS 2 The Limits of Capitalist Solutions to the Climate Crisis 3 The Anthropocene and Imperial Ecocide: Prospects for Just Transitions PART TWO: DEMOCRATIC ECO-SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVES IN THE WORLD 4 The Employment Crisis, Just Transition and the Universal Basic Income Grant 5 The Rights of Mother Earth 6 Buen Vivir: An Alternative Perspective from the Peoples of the Global South 7 Challenging the Growth Paradigm: Marx, Buddha and the Pursuit of ‘Happiness’ 8 Ubuntu and the Struggle for an African Eco-socialist Alternative 9 The Climate Crisis and the Struggle for African Food Sovereignty PART THREE: DEMOCRATIC ECO-SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA 10 The Climate Crisis and a ‘Just Transition’ in South Africa: An Eco-Feminist-Socialist Perspective 11 Energy, Labour, and Democracy in South Africa 12 Capital, Climate and the Politics of Nuclear Procurement in South Africa 13 Climate Jobs at Two Minutes to Midnight 14 Deepening the Just Transition Through Food Sovereignty and the Solidarity Economy 15 Eco-Capitalist Crises in the ‘Blue Economy’: Operation Phakisa’s Small, Slow Failures CONCLUSION Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis* Provides specific examples of germplasm research related to climate change threats * Edited by internationally renowned experts in the field * The final chapter of the book draws a synthesis of the many issues raised within the bookTable of Contentsa: Preface 1: Food Security, Climate Change and Genetic Resources 2: Genetic Resources and Conservation Challenges under the Threat of Climate Change 3: Climate Projections 4: Effects of Climate Change on Potential Food Production and Risk of Hunger 5: Regional Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and the Role of Adaptation 6: International Mechanisms for Conservation and Use of Genetic Resources 7: Crop Wild Relatives and Climate Change 8: Climate Change and On-farm Conservation of Crop Landraces in Centres of Diversity 9: Germplasm Databases and Informatics 10: Exploring ‘Omics’ of Genetic Resources to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change 11: Harnessing Meiotic Recombination for Improved Crop Varieties 12: High Temperature Stress 13: Drought 14: Salinity 15: Response to Flooding: Submergence Tolerance in Rice 16: Effects of Climate Change on Plant–Insect Interactions and Prospects for Resistance Breeding Using Genetic Resources"

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Book SynopsisThe focus of this book is future global climate change and its implications for agricultural systems which are the main sources of agricultural goods and services provided to society. These systems are either based on crop or livestock production, or on combinations of the two, with characteristics that differ between regions and between levels of management intensity. In turn, they also differ in their sensitivity to projected future changes in climate, and improvements to increase climate-resilience need to be tailored to the specific needs of each system. The book will bring together a series of chapters that provide scientific insights to possible implications of projected climate changes for different important types of crop and livestock systems, and a discussion of options for adaptive and mitigative management.Table of Contentsa: Introduction 1: Climate projections for 2050 2: Rainfed Intensive Crop Systems 3: Climate Sensitivity of Intensive Rice-Wheat Systems in Tropical Asia: Focus on the Indo-Gangetic Plains 4: Climate Change Challenges for Low Input Cropping and Grazing Systems – Australia 5: Diversity in Organic and Agroecological Farming Systems for Mitigation of Climate Change Impact, with Examples from Latin America 6: UK Fruit and Vegetable Production – Impacts of Climate Change and Opportunities for Adaptation 7: Intensive Livestock Systems for Dairy Cows 8: Climate Change and Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in Temperate-Humid Regions of North and South America: Mitigation and Adaptation 9: Land Managed for Multiple Services 10: Adaptation of Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Asia 11: Enhancing Climate Resilience of Cropping Systems 12: Shaping Sustainable Intensive Production Systems: Improved Crops and Cropping Systems in the Developing World 13: The Role of Modelling in Adapting and Building the Climate Resilience of Cropping Systems 14: Agroforestry Solutions for Buffering Climate Variability and Adapting to Change 15: Channelling the Future? The Use of Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Climate Adaptation 16: Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: New Approaches to Knowledge and Learning 17: What are the Factors that Dictate the Choice of Coping Strategies for Extreme Climate Events? The Case of Farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia

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Book SynopsisThe book provides an analysis of impacts of climate change on water for agriculture, and the adaptation strategies in water management to deal with these impacts. Chapters include an assessment at global level, with details on impacts in various countries. Adaptation measures including groundwater management, water storage, small and large scale irrigation to support agriculture and aquaculture are presented. Agricultural implications of sea level rise, as a subsequent impact of climate change, are also examined.Table of Contents: Contributors : Preface 1: Climate Change and Agricultural Development: A Challenge for Water Management Chu Th ai Hoanh, Robyn Johnston and Vladimir Smakhtin 2: Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Agricultural Water Management – A Review Shreedhar Maskey, Dinesh Bhatt, Stefan Uhlenbrook, Krishna C. Prasad and Mukand S. Babel 3: Global Water Requirements of Future Agriculture: Using WATERSIM Aditya Sood 4: Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Water Requirements in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China Qin Liu, Changrong Yan, Jianying Yang, Xu-rong Mei, Weiping Hao and Hui Ju 5: Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation in Agricultural Water Management in North China Jun Xia, Xingguo Mo, Jinxia Wang and Xinping Luo. 6: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Agricultural Water Management in the Philippines Felino P. Lansigan and Amparo C. Dela Cruz 7: Adaptation Strategies to Address the Climate Change Impacts in Three Major River Basins in India Krishna Reddy Kakumanu, Kuppannan Palanisami, Pramod Kumar Aggarwal, Coimbatore Ramarao Ranganathan and Udaya Sekhar Nagothu 8: Water Management for Agricultural Production in a Coastal Province of the Mekong River Delta under Sea-level Rise : Ngo Dang Phong, Chu Th ai Hoanh, Tran Quang Th o, Nguyen van Ngoc, Tran Duc Dong, To Phuc Tuong, Nguyen Huy Khoi, Nguyen Xuan Hien and Nguyen Trung Nam 9: Aquaculture Adaptation to Climate Change in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Suan Pheng Kam, Tran Nhuong, Chu Th ai Hoanh and Nguyen Xuan Hien 10: Groundwater for Food Production and Livelihoods – The Nexus with Climate Change and Transboundary Water Management Karen Villholth 11: Irrigated Crop Production in the Syr Darya Basin: Climate Change Rehearsal in the 1990s Oxana Savoskul and Elena Shevnina 12: Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice Production through Water-saving Techniques: Potential, Adoption and Empirical Evidence Bjoern Ole Sander,Reiner Wassmann and Joel D.L.C. Siopongco 13: Linking Climate Change Discourse with Climate Change Policy in the Mekong: Th e Case of Lao PDR Jana Prosinger, Diana Suhardiman and Mark Giordano : Index

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Book SynopsisInsects, being poikilothermic, are among the organisms that are most likely to respond to changes in climate, particularly increased temperatures. Range expansions into new areas, further north and to higher elevations, are already well documented, as are physiological and phenological responses. It is anticipated that the damage to crops and forests by insects will increase as a consequence of climate change, i.e. increasing temperatures primarily. However, the evidence in support of this common "belief" is sparse. Climate Change and Insect Pests sums up present knowledge regarding both agricultural and forest insect pests and climate change in order to identify future research directions.Table of ContentsPart I: General Issues and Patterns 1: Climate Change and Insect Pest Distribution Range 2: Species Distribution Modelling in Predicting Response to Climate Change 3: Adaptive Responses of Plants to Insect Herbivores under Climate Change 4: Boreal Woody Species Resistance Affected by Climate Change 5: Effects of Climate Change on the Interactions Between Insect Pests and Their Natural Enemies Part II: Agricultural Pests 6: Physiological Variation of Insects in Agricultural Landscapes: Potential Impacts of Climate Change 7: Climate Change and Biological Control in Agricultural Systems: Principles and Examples from North America 8: Climate Change Effects on Agricultural Insect Pests in Europe Part III: Forest Pests 9: Abiotic Factors, Climatic Variability and Forest Insect Pests 10: Responses of Tree-killing Bark Beetles to a Changing Climate 11: The Eurasian Spruce Bark Beetle: The Role of Climate 12: Pine Wood Nematode, Pine Wilt Disease, Vector Beetle and Pine Tree: How a Multiplayer System Could Reply to Climate Change 13: Northern Geometrids and Climate Change: From Abiotic Factors to Trophic Interactions 14: Effects of New Forest Management on Insect Damage Risk in a Changing Climate

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Book SynopsisIn a changing climate, livestock production is expected to exhibit dual roles of mitigation and adaptation in order to meet the challenge of food security. This book approaches the issues of livestock production and climate change through three sections: I. Livestock production, II. Climate change and, III. Enteric methane amelioration. Section I addresses issues of feed quality and availability, abiotic stress (heat and nutritional) and strategies for alleviation, livestock generated nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, and approaches for harnessing the complex gut microbial diversity. Section II discusses the effects of climate change on livestock diversity, farm animal reproduction, impact of meat production on climate change, and emphasising the role of indigenous livestock in climatic change to sustain production. Section III deals with the most recent approaches to amelioration of livestock methane such as breeding for low methane emissions, reductive acetogenesis, immunization/vaccine-based concepts and archaea phage therapy.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: Overview SECTION I: Livestock production CHAPTER 2: Feed Resources vis-à-vis Livestock and Fish Productivity In Changing Climate CHAPTER 3: Strategies for Alleviating Abiotic Stress in Livestock CHAPTER 4: Nitrogen Emissions from Animal-Agricultural Systems and Strategies to Protect the Environment CHAPTER 5: Nutritional Strategies for Minimizing Phosphorus Pollution from the Livestock Industry CHAPTER 6: Metagenomic Approaches in Harnessing Gut Microbial Diversity CHAPTER 7: Proteomics in Studying the Molecular Mechanism of Fiber Degradation SECTION II: Climate change CHAPTER 8: Perspective on Livestock Generated GHG’s and Climate CHAPTER 9: Carbon Footprints for Food of Animal Origin CHAPTER 10: Carbon Sequestration and Animal-Agriculture: Relevance and Strategies to Cope with Climate Change CHAPTER 11: Climate Change: Impacts on Livestock Diversity in Tropical Countries CHAPTER 12: Climate Change: Effects on Animal Reproduction CHAPTER 13: Climate Change: Impact of Meat Production CHAPTER 14: Indigenous Livestock Resources in Changing Climate: Indian Perspective SECTION III: Enteric methane amelioration CHAPTER 15: Enteric Methane Emission: Status, Mitigation and Future Challenges- an Indian Perspective CHAPTER 16: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control of Methane Emissions from Ruminants CHAPTER 17: Ionophores: a Tool for Improving Ruminant Production and Reducing Environmental Impact CHAPTER 18: Residual Feed Intake and Breeding Approaches for Enteric Methane Mitigation CHAPTER 19: Acetogenesis as an Alternative to Methanogenesis in the Rumen CHAPTER 20: Immunization and Tannins in Livestock Enteric Methane Amelioration CHAPTER 21: Phage Therapy in Livestock Methane Amelioration CHAPTER 22: Feed Based Approaches in Enteric Methane Amelioration CHAPTER 23: Methanotrophs in Enteric Methane Mitigation CHAPTER 24: Summary

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Book SynopsisThis book emphasis the role of farm level adaptation as a key in developmental pathways that are challenged by climate risks in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. It throws light on key issues that arise in farm level impacts, adaptation and vulnerability to climate change and discusses Q2 methodological approaches undertaken in study domains of Asia and Africa. The book systematically describes the perceptions, aspirations as elicited/voiced by the farmers and identifies determinants of adaptation decisions. Chapters identify constraints and opportunities that are translated into indicative intervention recommendations towards climate resilient farm households in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. Furthermore, it discusses with evidences that contributes to the development of livelihood strategy for poor farmers in Asia (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and China) and Africa (Burkina Faso, Niger, Kenya and Ghana).Table of ContentsSection I: Framework for addressing climate change 1: Climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategies with rural farm level perspective: A retrospection 2: Analytical framework and methodologies for analyzing farm-level vulnerability Section II: – Evaluating impacts and adaptation to climate change 3: What’s in store for Asia: Making sense of changes in climate trends? 4: Changing Climate - Responding to the inevitable 5: Climate change and food security in Asia and Africa: Agricultural Futures 6: Evaluating adaption options at crop level to climate change in the tropics of Asia and West Africa 7: Scoping climate change adaptation strategies for small holder farmers in Kenya – A multi-dimensional impact assessment 8. Sustainable land and water management approaches in Sub-Saharan Africa: Farm-level analysis of climate change mitigation and adaptation from Niger 9: Sociological significance: Enhancing resilience to climate change among communities 10: Policy Options Towards Climate Resilience: Agent-based Assessment of Farm Households in West Africa Section III: Looking beyond and planning for the future 11: Moving along adaptation pathways toward grass-root resilience: A synthesis 12: Way forward – Towards climate resilience

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first resource to review the influence of climate change on urban and public pests such as mosquitoes, flies, ticks, and wood pests, with respect to population, distribution, disease, damage and control. It systematically addresses how the impact of climate change on pests in urban areas differs from natural areas, focusing on the increased temperatures of urban locations, the effect of natural disasters, the manner of land use and the consequences of human habitation. Climate Change Impacts on Urban Pests: - covers key information on how climate change and urban pests affect human health - includes coverage of the impacts of natural disasters such as flooding looks at issues which could influence the management of pests - explores a range of international opinion from recognised authorities covering six continents. Presenting up-to-date knowledge, this book is an essential resource for researchers in urban pests, entomology and public health, as well as scientists, environmentalists and policy makers involved in studies on climate change.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Climate Change Effects on Urban Pest Insects Chapter 2: Climate Change and Urban Pest Management Chapter 3: Climate Change and the New Dynamics of Urban Pest Management in North America Chapter 4: Natural disasters, Extreme Events, And Vector-Borne Diseases: Impact on Urban System Chapter 5: Survival of Formosan Subterranean Termite Colonies during Periods of Flooding Chapter 6: Termites and a Changing Climate Chapter 7: Fly Populations and Problems in a Changing Climate Chapter 8: Impact of Climate Change on Medically Important Ticks in Europe and Their Control Chapter 9: Climate Change and its Effect on Urban Mosquitoes in South America Chapter 10: Urbanization, Climate Change and Malaria Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 11: Climate Change and Vector Borne Diseases in Urban Ecosystem in India Chapter 12: Climate Change and Urban Human Health Chapter 13: Innovative Formulations Useful for Area Wide Application Suitable for Climate Change

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Book SynopsisBuilding upon the book Disappearing Destinations (Jones and Phillips 2010) and its conclusion that promoted the need to recognize problems, meet expectations and manage solutions Global Climate Change and Coastal Tourism explores current threats to, and consequences of, climate change on existing tourism coastal destinations. Part 1 of the book provides a theoretical platform and addresses topics such as sustainability, tourism impacts, governance trade and innovation and how the media addresses climate change and tourism. It also assesses management and policy options for the future sustainability of threatened tourism coastal destinations. Part 2 presents case studies from all regions of the world (Europe, The Americas, Asia, Africa and Australasia) which synthesise findings to make recommendations that can be used to promote strategies that ameliorate projected impacts of climate change on coastal tourism infrastructure and in turn promote the future sustainability of coastal tourism destinations. This is a timely and informative text with appeal to researchers, undergraduate and post graduate students of tourism management, tourism planning, sustainable tourism development and leisure management, coastal tourism/management, environmental management/planning, geography, coastal zone management or climate change studies.Table of ContentsPART: 1 1: Introduction – Coastal Tourism and Climate Change: Current Narratives and Discourse. A. Jones 2: A Rapidly Changing Climate in an Era of Increasing Global Carbon Emissions. C. Galdies 3: Integrated Coastal Zone Management: Policy Evolution and Effective Implementation? M.R. Phillips 4: Climate Change and Tourism Sustainability – The Red Queen Theory: Tourists as Climate Refugees. I. Jenkins 5: Climate Change and its Impacts on Coastal Tourism: Regional Assessments, Gaps and Issues. C. Michael Hall 6: Assessing the Climate Change Risk of a Coastal-island Destination. D. Scott and S. Verkoeyen 7: Climate Change Governance and Trade Policy: Challenges for Travel and Tourism in Small Island Developing States. K. Nurse, D. Edwards and D. Dookie PART: 2 8: Case Study Ireland: Coastal Tourism and Climate Change in Ireland. J.A.G Cooper and S.W. Boyd 9: Case Study Italy: Tourism Management of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region: Adaptation Strategies in Sardinia and Sicily. R. Cannas 10: Case Study Portugal: Addressing Tourism Development and Climate Change in Small Atlantic Islands: the Case of the Azores. H. Calado, P. Borges, K. Ng and M. Vergílio 11: Case Study Malta: Climate Change and Tourism: Risks, Hazards and Resilience – an Island Perspective. A. Jones 12: Case Study Iceland: Climate Change and Tourism Sustainability and its Effects on Icelandic Coastal Destinations. I. Jenkins 13: Case Study Barbados: Policy, Practice and Science: Perspectives on Climate Change and Tourism in Barbados - Conflict or Congruence? J. Cumberbatch, L. Nurse and K. Francis 14: Case Study Mexico: Riviera Maya – How is the Riviera Maya Tourism Industry Dealing with Climate Change?An Overview of Non-climatic Stressors that Determine the Destination’s Vulnerability to Climate Change. R. Santos-Lacueva, S. Anton Clavé & Ò. Saladié 15: Case Study Dubai: A Theme Park Approach to Climate Change. A. Anthonisz and T. Heap 16: Case Study Vietnam: Climate Change Impacts on UNESCO World Heritage – the Case of Hoi An Ancient Town. H.T. Bui and Tuan-Anh Le 17: Case Study Sri Lanka: Climate Change Challenges for the Sri Lankan Tourism Industry. J. Buultjens, I. Ratnayake and W.K. Athula Gnanapala 18: Case Study Bangladesh: Addressing Climate Change Effects on Coastal Tourism in St Martin’s Island of Bangladesh. A. Hassan and R. Rahimi 19: Case Study Vietnam: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Coastal Tourism in Cu Lao Cham Island V. Dao Truong and Anh Le 20: Case Study New Zealand: Planning Responses to Coastal Climate Change Risks: the Case of Christchurch and the Akaroa Harbour, New Zealand. C. Michael Hall 21: Case Study Turkey: Climate Change and Coastal Tourism: Impacts of Climate Change on the Turquoise Coast. O. Cenk Demiroglu, A. Akbas, M. Tufan Turp, T. Ozturk, N. An and M. Levent Kurnaz 22: Case Study Israel: Coastal Tourism, Coastal Planning and Climate Change in Israel. C. Michael Hall and Yael Ram 23: Case Study Antarctica: Up Against the Ice Barrier: Antarctic Tourism Operators Prepare for the Polar Shipping Code. J. Jabour 24: Case Study Morocco: Mediterranean Morocco, a Vulnerable Development Called into Question. C. Perelli 25: Case Study Zanzibar: Climate Change and Tourism in Zanzibar: Interrogating Impacts and Interventions. T. Said, H. Muzaini and R. van der Duim 26: Climate Change and Coastal Tourism – a Global Perspective: Recognizing Problems – Managing Solutions – Future Expectations. A. Jones

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Book SynopsisClimate Change and Indigenous Peoples offers the most comprehensive resource for advancing our understanding of one of the least coherently developed of climate change policy realms - legal protection of vulnerable indigenous populations. The first part of the book provides a tremendously useful background on the cultural, policy, and legal context of indigenous peoples, with special emphasis on developing general principles for climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions. The remainder of the volume then carefully and thoroughly works through how those general principles play out for different regional indigenous populations around the globe. All of the contributions to the volume are by leading experts who bring their insights and innovative thinking to bear on a truly complex subject. Whether as a novice s starting point or expert's desktop reference, I cannot think of a more useful resource for anyone interested in climate policy for indigenous peoples.'- J.B. Ruhl, Vanderbilt University Law School, USThis timely volume explores the ways in which indigenous peoples across the world are challenged by climate change impacts, and discusses the legal resources available to confront those challenges.Indigenous peoples occupy a unique niche within the climate justice movement, as many indigenous communities live subsistence lifestyles that are severely disrupted by the effects of climate change. Additionally, in many parts of the world, domestic law is applied differently to indigenous peoples than it is to their non-indigenous peers, further complicating the quest for legal remedies. The contributors to this book bring a range of expert legal perspectives to this complex discussion, offering both a comprehensive explanation of climate change-related problems faced by indigenous communities and a breakdown of various real world attempts to devise workable legal solutions. Regions covered include North and South America (Brazil, Canada, the US and the Arctic), the Pacific Islands (Fiji, Tuvalu and the Federated States of Micronesia), Australia and New Zealand, Asia (China and Nepal) and Africa (Kenya).This comprehensive volume will appeal to professors and students of environmental law, indigenous law and international law, as well as practitioners and policymakers with an interest in indigenous legal issues and environmental justice.Contributors: R.S. Abate, D. Badrinarayana, K. Boom, M. Burkett, J.M. Cha, E. Charles-Newton, L.A. Crippa, M. Davis, P. Dong, N. Johnstone, P. Kameri-Mbote, P. Kebec, S. Krakoff, E.A. Kronk, J.-D. Lavallee, J. Liu, A. Long, L.A. Miranda, C.Y. Mulalap, E. Nyukuri, H. Osofsky, J.V. Royster, I.L. Stoyanova, V. Sutton, E.J. Techera, S. Thériault, R. Tsosie, P. Van Tuyn, W. YuTrade ReviewThe book will be a sought after reference work in libraries worldwide. . . has an excellent index and has been scrupulously edited. It will serve as a useful reference for students and professors teaching indigenous peoples' rights and climate change. - --Paul Havemann, Journal of Environmental LawTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Stacy Leeds PART I: INTRODUCTORY CONTEXT AND PRINCIPLES 1. Commonality Among Unique Indigenous Communities: An Introduction to Climate Change and its Impacts on Indigenous Peoples Randall S. Abate and Elizabeth Ann Kronk 2. Introduction to International and Domestic Climate Change Regulation Deepa Badrinarayana 3. Introduction to Indigenous Peoples’ Status and Rights under International Human Rights Law Lillian Aponte Miranda 4. Introduction to Indigenous Sovereignty under International and Domestic Law Eugenia Charles-Newton and Elizabeth Ann Kronk 5. Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: Comparative Models of Sovereignty Rebecca Tsosie 6. Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation Maxine Burkett PART II: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES International Organizations 7. REDD+: Its Potential to Melt the Glacial Resistance to Recognize Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights at the World Bank Leonardo A. Crippa South America 8. REDD+ and Indigenous Peoples in Brazil Andrew Long 9. REDD+: Climate Justice or a New Face of Manifest Destiny? Lessons Drawn from the Indigenous Struggle to Resist Colonization of Ojibwe Forests in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Philomena Kebec Lower 48 States of the United States of America 10. Natural Resource Development and Indigenous Peoples Sarah Krakoff and Jon-Daniel Lavallee 11. Climate Change and Tribal Water Rights: Removing Barriers to Adaptation Strategies Judith V. Royster Arctic 12. Canadian Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: The Potential for Arctic Land Claims Agreements to Address Changing Environmental Conditions Sophie Thériault 13. America’s Arctic: Climate Change Impacts on Indigenous Peoples and Subsistence Peter Van Tuyn 14. The Saami Facing the Impacts of Global Climate Change Irina L. Stoyanova 15. Complexities of Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on Indigenous Peoples through International Law Petitions: A Case Study of the Inuit Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hari M. Osofsky Pacific Island Nations 16. Climate Change, Legal Governance and the Pacific Islands: An Overview Erika J. Techera 17. Fiji: Climate Change, Tradition and Vanua Victoria Sutton 18. Islands in the Stream: Addressing Climate Change from a Small Island Developing State Perspective Clement Yow Mulalap 19. The Rising Tide of International Climate Litigation: An Illustrative Hypothetical of Tuvalu v. Australia Keely Boom Asia 20. The Impacts of Climate Change on Indigenous Populations in China and Legal Remedies Wenxuan Yu, Jingjing Liu and Po Dong 21. Changing Climate and Changing Rights: Exploring Legal and Policy Frameworks for Indigenous Mountain Communities in Nepal to Face the Challenges of Climate Change J. Mijin Cha Australia and New Zealand 22. Climate Change Impacts to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in Australia Megan Davis 23. Negotiating Climate Change: Māori, the Crown and New Zealand’s Emission Trading Scheme Naomi Johnstone Africa 24. Climate Change, Law and Indigenous Peoples in Kenya: Ogiek and Maasai Narratives Patricia Kameri-Mbote and Elvin Nyukuri Index

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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

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Book SynopsisThe book gives detailed discussions of essential EU climate law and presents profound national reports which cover the transposition of EU law and focus on national climate strategies, which are often complex and sometimes also ambitious. Comparative studies at the grassroots level are an important source of ideas and possibilities and also useful documentation both for researchers and political actors.'- Erkki Hollo, University of Helsinki, Finland'This is an outstanding collection of essays by a multi-national team of leading scholars. It reminds us that in a system of multi-level governance, it is crucial to examine and appraise developments not only at the level of the European Union but also within the Member States. This task has become easier with the publication of this excellent book.'- Joanne Scott, University College London, UKThe complex and multifaceted nature of EU climate legislation poses a major challenge for EU Member States. This timely book focuses on national climate action, addressing the regulatory responses required for the purposes of meeting greenhouse gas emissions reduction objectives for 2020 (and beyond).The book seeks to answer such questions as: what kind of legislative approaches should be developed to comply with EU climate law? What room for national discretion should remain? What opportunities exist to go beyond EU ambitions? In addition, distinguished authors analyze national regulatory developments across selected Member States, identifying potential areas for review and improvement. The book offers further discussion and legal analysis of core themes such as: long-term target setting; contrasting legislative approaches; instrument mixes; and key linkages between environmental and energy law.In light of the challenges confronting national legislators, this book offers important insights into the role and contribution of law towards improved climate protection, with potential lessons for countries both within and outside the EU. With this in mind, Climate Law in EU Member States will be a valuable read for policymakers and civil servants at national ministries and at the European Commission, carbon consultants and environmental non-governmental organizations, as well as for academics in and outside the EU.Contributors: E. Bergsma, J. de Cendra de Larragán, K. de Graaf, J. Gupta, N. Hervé-Fournereau, M. Holwerda, G. Kaminskaite-Salters, L. Karski, A. Langlais, T. Parejo Navajas, M. Peeters, B. Pozzo, C. Reid, T. Schomerus, L. Squintani, M. Stallworthy, N. van der Grijp, S. WeishaarTrade Review‘The book gives detailed discussions of essential EU climate law and presents profound national reports which cover the transposition of EU law and focus on national climate strategies, which are often complex and sometimes also ambitious. Comparative studies at the grassroots level are an important source of ideas and possibilities and also useful documentation both for researchers and political actors.’ -- Erkki Hollo, University of Helsinki, Finland‘This is an outstanding collection of essays by a multi-national team of leading scholars. It reminds us that in a system of multi-level governance, it is crucial to examine and appraise developments not only at the level of the European Union but also within the Member States. This task has become easier with the publication of this excellent book.’ -- Joanne Scott, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Rationale for a Focus on Mitigation Law at EU Member State Level Javier de Cendra de Larragán, Marjan Peeters and Mark Stallworthy PART II: THE MEANING OF EU LAW FOR NATIONAL CLIMATE LEGISLATION 2. Legal Consequences of the Effort Sharing Decision for Member State Action Marjan Peeters and Mark Stallworthy 3. EU Climate and Energy Law: Challenges for Member States Javier de Cendra de Larragán 4. Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from EU ETS Installations: What Room is Left for the Member States? Lorenzo Squintani, Marijn Holwerda and Kars de Graaf 5. EU State Aid Law and National Climate Regulation Stefan Weishaar PART III: THE EMERGENCE OF CLIMATE PROTECTION LEGISLATION WITHIN MEMBER STATES 6. Prospects for the UK’s National Approach to Climate Law-making Mark Stallworthy 7. Scotland: Constraints and Opportunities in a Devolved System Colin Reid 8. The Paradoxical Nature of French Climate Change Law in the Light of the Grenelle Environmental Round Table Nathalie Hervé-Fournereau 9. German Climate and Energy Legislation: An Ambitious but Fragmented Framework Thomas Schomerus 10. Spanish Climate Change Policy: An Ambitious Bet on Renewable Energies Teresa Parejo Navajas 11. Climate Law in Poland: Towards an Overall Regulation Leszek Karski PART IV: TYPICAL CHOICES BY NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION 12. Implementing the Carbon Capture and Storage Regime in the UK: Experiences from a Front-runner Country Giedre Kaminskaite-Salters 13. Biomass or the Story of an Unfinished Coming Together of Energy and Waste: Observations on the EU and French Legal Approach Alexandra Langlais 14. The Need for a Consistent Renewable Energy Policy in Italy Barbara Pozzo 15. The Dutch Focus: A Delta Act for Climate Adaptation Nicolien van der Grijp, Emmy Bergsma and Joyeeta Gupta PART V: CONCLUSION AND PROSPECT 16. Concluding Observations and Forward Look Javier de Cendra de Larragán, Marjan Peeters and Mark Stallworthy Index

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Book SynopsisThis enriching book presents a holistic overview of climate change uncertainty and offers a number of pathways that could be used to account for such uncertainties in the stated preference valuation research. It shows that uncertainty plays an important role in determining the values of climate change mitigation benefits and as the authors say 'If this uncertainty remains unaccounted for, there is a potential danger that the estimated economic values will misrepresent social preferences for public policy interventions to manage environmental externalities'. Valuing Climate Change Mitigation discusses the role of uncertainty in valuing the benefits of climate change mitigation policies using contingent valuation and choice experiments techniques. It treats climate change using three dimensions of uncertainty: scenario, policy and preference. Conceptual frameworks are advanced to account simultaneously for these various dimensions of uncertainty. The authors then explore the impact of introducing these uncertainties into benefit estimates for the Australian Carbon Pollutions Reduction Scheme. The authors present frameworks to account for multiple uncertainty in environmental decision analysis that will prove invaluable for academics and students in the fields of environmental economics and management. Policymakers will also gain invaluable methodological insight.Trade Review‘Written in a clear and mostly nontechnical manner, while offering the right amount of details, this book would be certainly useful to academics and practitioners aiming at understanding peoples' attitudes towards different climate change mitigation options. Ultimately, different sources of uncertainty are important not only for climate change policies, but also for many other environmental issues. This book provides a useful road map, together with numerous practical details, that would be very helpful for anybody wanting to encompass uncertainty in SP surveys.’ -- Carlo Fezzi, Journal of Economic Literature Reviews‘The findings of the book are an important contribution to the successful implementation of climate change policy and communicating climate change risk to a general audience.’ -- Helen Adams, Environmental ValuesTable of ContentsContents: 1. Climate Change and Uncertainty 2. Uncertainty and Stated Preference Techniques: A Conceptual Overview 3. Uncertainty and Stated Preference Techniques in Practice 4. Data 5. Public Perceptions, Understanding and Knowledge of Climate Change 6. Climate Change Uncertainty and Contingent Valuation Welfare Estimates 7. The Role of Global Cooperation 8. Climate Change Uncertainty and Choice Experiment Welfare Estimates 9. Determinants of Preference Uncertainty 10. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a wide-ranging comparative analysis of contemporary economic, social, political and environmental change in small islands, island states and territories, through every ocean. It focuses on those island realms conventionally perceived as developing, rather than developed, in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Oceans.John Connell examines the decline of agriculture and the rise of tourism, the problems of urbanization, and the particular role of migration and remittances, within a culture of migration. He seeks to balance economic challenges with environmental threats, notably that of climate change, and social changes with the survival of culture, pointing to awkward and hybrid development futures.This unique study comprehensively balances environmental, social and economic changes to provide a more wide-ranging assessment of sustainability that will be invaluable for academics and postgraduate students on environment and international development courses.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Islands and Political Economies 3. The Historic Core: Agriculture and Fisheries 4. Towards Modern Economies? 5. Urban Futures? 6. Leaving the Islands: International Migration 7. Environmental Change 8. Islands at Risk? References IndexTrade Review‘This is a considered volume by a considerable scholar of island studies, John Connell of the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, who has been writing on islands, principally in the Pacific, for decades amongst his wider research output within geography . Islands at risk?, then, is a product by a mature scholar building on much study within the realm of islands. . . The material is as rich as could be hoped, the discussion scholarly and authoritative, backed up by a mighty reference list running to 75 pages. Anybody interested in island studies must get this book, whilst it speaks also to those studying or teaching and/or researching into development studies and the environment.’ -- Stephen Royle, Australian Geographer‘The pitfalls of trying to generalise about islands and what is happening on them are primarily twofold. First, there are so many islands whose peoples and environments are buffeted by forces that are hugely diverse, sometimes even rendering comparisons between islands in the same subregion problematic. Second, almost every reader of Connell's book with some experience of SISI would, I imagine, have a set of preconceived ideas about these that is biased geographically or thematically, and therefore, perhaps automatically disposed to seek reasons to criticise such a global survey. The fact that this reviewer, who falls squarely within this group, can find little fault with what is written is testi­ mony to Connell's almost unmatched knowledge of islands and understanding of the reasons they are at risk. Highly recommended.’ -- Patrick Nunn, Geographical Research‘Islands at Risk? Environments, Economies and Contemporary Change by John Connell provides a wealth of information to readers on environmental and economic patterns of development in small islands and small island states (SISIs). . . Overall, this book is a welcome resource to the literature on small island economies and societies. It contributes to extremely important and ongoing discussions.’ -- Urban Island StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Islands and Political Economies 3. The Historic Core: Agriculture and Fisheries 4. Towards Modern Economies? 5. Urban Futures? 6. Leaving the Islands: International Migration 7. Environmental Change 8. Islands at Risk? References Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book illustrates that in order to address the growing urgency of issues around environmental and resource limits, it is clear that we need to develop effective policies to promote durable changes in behavior and transform how we view, and consume, goods and services. It suggests that in order to develop effective policies in this area, it is necessary to move beyond a narrow understanding of 'how individuals behave', and to incorporate a more nuanced approach that encompasses behavioral influences in different societies, contexts and settings.The editors draw together analyses and case studies from across the globe and from multi-disciplinary perspectives in order to offer a broad-based psychological, sociological and economic understanding of consumer behavior. The expert contributors, from both academic and practitioner backgrounds discuss in detail the barriers, challenges and opportunities that face governments in relation to policy and actions at local, national and supranational levels.This fascinating book will prove a thought-provoking read for academics, researchers and students in the fields of environmental studies - particularly sustainability - and public policy. Practitioners and policy makers concerned with achieving sustainable lifestyles will find this book an invaluable reference tool.Contributors: W. Abrahamse, C. Ashton-Graham, S.C. Bhattacharyya, M. Brugidou, R. Clift, J. de Groot, S. Emmert, A. Farsang, S. Fudge, I. Garabuau-Moussaoui, C. Hicks, A. High-Pippert, S.M. Hoffman, M. Kuhndt, H. Luiten, E. Manzini, S. Milne, P. Newman, L. Reisch, E. Stø, P. Strandbakken, Y. Strengers, M. van de Lindt, W. WehrmeyerTrade Review‘Fudge et al. have provided an up-to-date reference of the current theoretical debates and examples of contemporary behaviour change programmes that will be invaluable for highly experienced researchers looking to stay abreast of developments in this ?eld.’ -- Tara Hipwood, Journal of Environmental Policy & PlanningTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Roland Clift Introduction Shane Fudge, Michael Peters, Steven M. Hoffman and Walter Wehrmeyer PART I: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF BEHAVIOUR CHANGE: PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES 1. The Psychology of Behaviour Change: An Overview of Theoretical and Practical Contributions Wokje Abrahamse and Judith de Groot 2. Peak Electricity Demand and Social Practice Theories: Reframing the Role of Change Agents in the Energy Sector Yolande Strengers 3. Economic and Non-economic Factors Driving Household Expenditure: Methodological Reflections on an Econometric Analysis Scott Milne 4. Scenarios as Tools for Initiating Behaviour Change in Food Consumption Andrea Farsang and Lucia Reisch PART II: AGENCY, BEHAVIOUR AND THE EUROPEAN POLICY LANDSCAPE 5. Emergent Futures? Signposts to Sustainable Living in Europe and Pathways to Scale Cheryl Hicks and Michael Kuhndt 6. Identifying Relevance and Strength of Barriers to Changes in Energy Behaviour Among End Consumers and Households: The BarEnergy Project Martin van de Lindt, Sophie Emmert and Helma Luiten 7. Collaborative (and Sustainable) Behaviours: Grassroots Innovation, Social Change and Enabling Strategies Ezio Manzini 8. From Energy Policies to Energy-related Practices in France: The Figure of the ‘Consumer Citizen’ as a Normative Compromise Mathieu Brugidou and Isabelle Garabuau-Moussaoui 9. Decoupling Environmental Impact from Economic Growth in Norway: Viable Policy or Techo-optimistic Fantasy? Pål Strandbakken and Eivind Stø PART III: DIFFERENT POLICY APPROACHES FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 10. Living Smart in Australian Households: Sustainability Coaching as an Effective Large-scale Behaviour Change Strategy Colin Ashton-Graham and Peter Newman 11. Energy Demand Implications of Structural Change in India Subhes C. Bhattacharyya 12. Institutional and Community-based Initiatives in Energy Planning Steven M. Hoffman and Angela High-Pippert Index

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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

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Book SynopsisThis path-breaking book investigates the challenges of realizing the Asian century. Prosperity in Asia does not only mean economic growth; the issues of public health, sanitation, income equality, the social safety net and efficient use of natural resources are also important. It argues for new policy initiatives in social, environmental and natural resource areas of South, Southeast and East Asia.This insightful volume is presented in three parts: Part I identifies the major socio-economic factors which are likely to take away the opportunities in realizing the Asian century by 2050; Part II presents the responsible policy issues which would be needed to overcome the hurdles such as public finance, natural resources, public health and sanitation, intra-Asia migration and decentralized governance; and Part III articulates major challenges in realizing Asian prosperity including sustainable international business and sustainable growth. The topics examined range from demographic conditions and tax reform to responsible use of natural resources in the years to come.The Asian Century, Sustainable Growth and Climate Change will appeal to academics in the fields of Asian studies and environment ecology. Both practitioners and policymakers will find this detailed analysis of the major challenges for South Asian growth an invaluable resource.Contributors: R. Chakrabarty, S.L. Chakravarty, L.-H. Chan, M. Hossain, M.I. Hossain, S. Hossain, P. Howard, R.C. Keith, M.A. Khan, M. McIntosh, V.P. Murthy, T. Sarker, V. Sharma, P. Short, C. Tisdell, Y. TjoeTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Moazzem Hossain PART I: FUTURE ISSUES OF ASIA 1. Agriculture, Structural Change and Socially Responsible Development in China and Vietnam Clem Tisdell 2. Population, Poverty and Responsible Social Protection Issues of Asia Moazzem Hossain 3. Resource Constraints and Asia’s Growth: Regional Cooperation for Enhancing Energy Security Shanawez Hossain and Tapan Sarker PART II: RESPONSIBLE POLICY MATTERS 4. Taxing for the Future: An Intergenerational Perspective Tapan Sarker 5. Indian Agriculture in the Era of Global Warming Ranajit Chakrabarty and Smwarajit Lahiri Chakravarty 6. China’s Changing Public Health Paradox and the New Generation of Health NGOs Lai-Ha Chan and Ronald C. Keith 7. Towards Universal Sanitation: The Cambodian Case Paul Howard 8. Decentralization and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia: The Case of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Yenny Tjoe 9. Migration of Bangladeshi Workers to Malaysia: Emerging Lessons of Economic and Social Costs and Benefits at the Migrant, Migrant Household and Community Levels Munshi Israil Hossain, M. Adil Khan and Patricia Short PART III: REALIZING THE ASIAN CENTURY: THE CHALLENGES 10. Sustainable Resource Development in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities Vigya Sharma and Tapan Sarker 11. Business’s Challenge: Relating Corporate Sustainability, Strategy and Leadership Vikram P. Murthy 12. The Asian Century is the Chinese Century and the Century of Turbulence Malcolm McIntosh Index

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Book SynopsisClimate Change and Flood Risk Management discusses and problematises the integration of adaptation to climate change in flood risk management.The book explores adaptation to climate change in relation to flood risk events in advanced industrial states. It provides examples of how flood risk management, disaster and emergency management, and adaptation to climate change may intersect in a number of European and Canadian cases.Taken together, the studies show that integration of adaptation in flood risk and emergency management may differ strongly - not only with risk, but with a number of institutional and contextual factors, including capacities and priorities in the specific municipal cases and within a national and wider context.The book will be relevant to researchers involved with adaptation to climate change and those involved with comprehensive planning in relation to it. It will also be of interest to academics within the fields of environmental studies and the environmentally-oriented social sciences.Contributors: J. Åkermark, E.C.H. Keskitalo, M. Massie, M.G. Reed, P. Scholten, D. Shrubsole, M. Turunen, J. Vola, G. Vulturius, T. Vuojala-MaggaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction. Local Organisation to Address Flood Risks: Possibilities for Adaptation to Climate Change? E. Carina H. Keskitalo 2. Adaptive Capacity Building in Saxony: Responses in Planning and Policy to the 2002 Flood Gregor Vulturius and E. Carina H. Keskitalo 3. Flood Risks Along the Torne River between Sweden and Finland E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Jenny Åkermark and Joonas Vola 4. A History of Flood Management Strategies in Canada Revisited Dan Shrubsole 5. Policy Change and Policy Learning for Enhanced Flood Policies at Local, Subnational and EU Level Gregor Vulturius 6. Cumberland House in the Saskatchewan River Delta: Flood Memory and the Municipal Response, 2005 and 2011 Merle Massie and Maureen G. Reed 7. Experiences with an Arctic River – Flood Prevention in the Town of Ivalo Terhi Vuojala-Magga and Minna Turunen 8. Flooding and the Carrot River Watershed Source Water Protection Plan, Saskatchewan: Civic Engagement and Causal Stories Merle Massie 9. Dutch Approaches to Flood Risks: Developments in Integrative Water Management and the Synchronization of Public and Private Agendas for Climate Adaptation in the Netherlands Peter Scholten 10. Conclusion: Flood Management and Adaptation – Viewing Flood Events in Context E. Carina H. Keskitalo Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook brings together energy security experts to explore the implications of framing the energy debate in security terms, both in respect of the governance of energy systems and the practices associated with energy security.The contributors expertly review and analyze the key aspects and research issues in the emerging field of energy security, test the current state of knowledge, and provide suggestions for reflection and further analysis. This involves providing an account of the multiplicity of discourses and meanings of energy security, and contextualizing them. They also suggest a rewriting of energy security discourses and their representation in purely economic terms.This volume examines energy security and its conceptual and practical challenges from the perspectives of security of supply, security of demand, environmental change and human security. It will prove essential for students in the fields of global, international and national politics of energy, economics, and society as well as engineering. It will also appeal to policy practitioners and anybody interested in keeping the lights on, avoiding climate change, and providing a secure future for humanity.Contributors: J.O. Alabi, G. Bahgat, A.V. Belyi, S.C. Bhattacharyya, A. Boey, C. Brancucci Martínez-Anido, N. Caldes, G. Campbell, A. Cherp, H. Dyer, S. Gaylord, K.J. Hancock, K. Hemmes, J. Jewell, N. Jollands, S.I. Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. La Branche, Y. Lechón, P. Linares, R.D. Lipschutz, D. Mulvaney, C. Okereke, C. Paskal, I.L.G. Pearson, S. Peters, T. Romanova, J. Scheffran, S. Schott, H.R. Stephan, E. Thomson, M.J. Trombetta, J. Vogler, K. Westphal, S. Wood, T. Yusuf, P. ZeniewskiTrade Review'This Handbook should be consulted by anybody interested in the issue of energy security. It convincingly demonstrates why the provision of energy is such a contentious issue, addressing the complex interaction of economic, social, environmental, technical and political aspects involved. The book is particularly valuable in investigating and highlighting processes in which (inter)national actors apply this variety of aspects in (re)constructing their notion of 'energy security', its particular meaning and the implications thereof. Such understanding of energy security is helpful!' --Aad F. Correlje, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands'Energy security has for long been treated as an issue of pure geopolitics. Hugh Dyer and Maria Julia Trombetta aim at broadening energy security debates and extend them to new agendas. Their excellent Handbook offers a fresh perspective on four crucial dimensions: supply, demand, environment and human security. A diverse group of international energy scholars provides for an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of key contemporary energy problems, ranging from an oil producers' perspectives on energy security to ethical dimensions of renewable energy and climate governance.' --Andreas Goldthau, Central European University, HungaryTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Concept of Energy Security: Broadening, Deepening, Transforming Hugh Dyer and Maria Julia Trombetta PART II: ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES 2. Energy Security and Liberal Democracy: Ideals, Imperatives and Balancing Acts Steve Wood 3. Framing New Threats: The Internal Security of Gas and Electricity Networks in the European Union Peter Zeniewski, Carlo Brancucci Martínez-Anido and Ivan L.G. Pearson 4. Resource Conflicts: Energy Worth Fighting For? Joshua Olaniyi Alabi 5. Global Energy Supply: Scale, Perception and the Return to Geopolitics Susanne Peters and Kirsten Westphal PART III: SECURITY OF ENERGY SUPPLY 6. Securing Energy Supply: Strategic Reserves Elspeth Thomson and Augustin Boey 7. Securing Energy Supply II: Diversification of Energy Sources and Carriers Kas Hemmes 8. Energy Security Assessment Framework and Three Case Studies Aleh Cherp and Jessica Jewell 9. National Energy Strategies of Major Industrialized Countries Stephan Schott and Graham Campbell 10. Developing World: National Energy Strategies Sylvia Gaylord and Kathleen J. Hancock PART IV: SECURITY OF ENERGY DEMAND 11. Energy Demand: Security for Suppliers? Tatiana Romanova 12. Oil Producers’ Perspectives on Energy Security Gawdat Bahgat 13. Energy Security Governance in Light of the Energy Charter Process Andrei V. Belyi PART V: ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY 14. Governance Dimensions of Climate and Energy Security John Vogler and Hannes R. Stephan 15. Energy, Climate Change and Conflict: Securitization of Migration, Mitigation and Geoengineering Jürgen Scheffran 16. Environmental Implications of Energy Production Yolanda Lechón, Natalia Caldés and Pedro Linares 17. Washing Away Energy Security: The Vulnerability of Energy Infrastructure to Environmental Change Cleo Paskal 18. Paradoxes and Harmony in the Energy-Climate Governance Nexus Stéphane La Branche PART VI: ENERGY AND HUMAN SECURITY 19. Energy Poverty: Access, Health and Welfare Subhes C. Bhattacharyya 20. Ethical Dimensions of Renewable Energy Hugh Dyer 21. Low Carbon Development and Energy Security in Africa Chukwumerije Okereke and Tariya Yusuf 22. The Road not Taken, Round II: Centralized vs. Distributed Energy Strategies and Human Security Ronnie D. Lipschutz and Dustin Mulvaney 23. Human Security and Energy Security: A Sustainable Energy System as a Public Good Sylvia I. Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen and Nigel Jollands PART VII: CONCLUSIONS 24. The Political Economy of Energy Security Hugh Dyer and Maria Julia Trombetta Index

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Book SynopsisWorld economic activity is a cause of climate change and climate change has an impact on economic activity. Adaptation to climate change can occur locally, but action to reduce the extent of climate change requires global cooperation or at least coordination.Covering all aspects of the problem, this collection contains both classic and recent key published articles on this burning issue. The first section explores global trends in emissions and their drivers as well as the most important forecasts of global greenhouse gas emissions. The second section covers mitigation policy at the international level reviewing costs, benefits, and analysis of policy instruments. The final section focuses on adaptation and the roles of risk and uncertainty in responses to climate change. The extensive, authoritative introduction provided by the editors puts these contributions into context. This volume will be of interest and value to researchers and policy professionals in the areas of climate policy and environmental economicsTrade Review‘Climate Change and the World Economy is a critically important, and seminal addition to academic, corporate, and governmental library Environmental Studies and Economic Studies reference collections.’ -- Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction David I. Stern, Leo Dobes and Frank Jotzo PART I TRENDS, DRIVERS AND FORECASTS OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND AEROSOL EMISSIONS 1. Gilbert N. Plass (1956), ‘Carbon Dioxide and the Climate’ 2. Charles D. Keeling (1973), ‘Industrial Production of Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuels and Limestone’ 3. Nebojša Nakićenović (2000), ‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scenarios’ 4. Detlef P. van Vuuren, Jae Edmonds, Mikiko Kainuma, Keywan Riahi, Allison Thomson, Kathy Hibbard, George C. Hurtt, Tom Kram, Volker Krey, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Toshihiko Masui, Malte Meinshausen, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Steven J. Smith and Steven K. Rose (2011), ‘The Representative Concentration Pathways: An Overview’ 5. Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Thomas M. Selden (1995), ‘Stoking the Fires? CO2 Emissions and Economic Growth’ 6. Mark C. Strazicich and John A. List (2003), ‘Are CO2 Emission Levels Converging Among Industrial Countries?’ 7. Michael R. Raupach, Gregg Marland, Philippe Ciais, Corinne Le Quéré, Josep G. Canadell, Gernot Klepper and Christopher B. Field (2007), ‘Global and Regional Drivers of Accelerating CO2 Emissions’ 8. Arnulf Grübler, Nebojša Nakićenović and David G. Victor (1999), ‘Dynamics of Energy Technologies and Global Change’ 9. Sofia Teives Henriques and Astrid Kander (2010), ‘The Modest Environmental Relief Resulting from the Transition to a Service Economy’ 10. Glen P. Peters and Edgar G. Hertwich (2008), ‘CO2 Embodied in International Trade with Implications for Global Climate Policy’ 11. Frank Jotzo, Paul J. Burke, Peter J. Wood, Andrew Macintosh and David I. Stern (2012), ‘Decomposing the 2010 Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rebound’ 12. R.A. Houghton (2003), ‘Revised Estimates of the Annual Net Flux of Carbon to the Atmosphere from Changes in Land Use and Land Management 1850–2000’ 13. David I. Stern and Robert .K. Kaufmann (1996), ‘Estimates of Global Anthropogenic Methane Emissions 1860–1993’ 14. S.J. Smith, J. van Aardenne, Z. Klimont, R.J. Andres, A. Volke and S. Delgado Arias (2011), ‘Anthropogenic Sulfur Dioxide Emissions: 1850–2005’ PART II MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE 15. John P. Weyant (1993), ‘Costs of Reducing Global Carbon Emissions’ 16. William D. Nordhaus and Zili Yang (1996), ‘A Regional Dynamic General-Equilibrium Model of Alternative Climate-Change Strategies’ 17. Francesco Bosello, Carlo Carraro and Enrica De Cian (2010), ‘Climate Policy and the Optimal Balance between Mitigation, Adaptation and Unavoidable Damage’ 18. Richard S.J. Tol (2002), ‘Estimates of the Damage Costs of Climate Change. Part 1: Benchmark Estimates’ 19. Ross Garnaut (2008), ‘Introduction’ 20. Martin L. Weitzman (2009), ‘On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change’ 21. Nicholas Stern (2008), ‘The Economics of Climate Change’ 22. John Quiggin (2008), ‘Stern and his Critics on Discounting and Climate Change: An Editorial Essay’ 23. Michael Grubb (1995), ‘Seeking Fair Weather: Ethics and the International Debate on Climate Change’ 24. Noreen Beg, Jan Corfee Morlot, Ogunlade Davidson, Yaw Afrane-Okesse, Lwazikazi Tyani, Fatma Denton, Youba Sokona, Jean Philippe Thomas, Emilio Lèbre La Rovere, Jyoti K. Parikh, Kirit Parikh and A. Atiq Rahman (2002), ‘Linkages between Climate Change and Sustainable Development’ 25. A. Denny Ellerman and Barbara K. Buchner (2007), ‘The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme: Origins, Allocation, and Early Results’ 26. Warwick J. McKibbin and Peter J. Wilcoxen (2002), ‘The Role of Economics in Climate Change Policy’ PART III IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION 27. Joel D. Scheraga and Anne E. Grambsch (1998), ‘Risk, Opportunities, and Adaptation to Climate Change’ 28. Richard W. Katz and Barbara G. Brown (1992), ‘Extreme Events in a Changing Climate: Variability is More Important than Averages’ 29. Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel (2006), ‘Adaptation, Adaptive Capacity and Vulnerability’ 30. Ian Burton, Saleemul Huq, Bo Lim, Olga Pilifosova and Emma Lisa Schipper (2002), ‘From Impacts Assessment to Adaptation Priorities: The Shaping of Adaptation Policy’ 31. Stéphane Hallegatte, Jean-Charles Hourcade and Philippe Ambrosi (2007), ‘Using Climate Analogues for Assessing Climate Change Economic Impacts in Urban Areas’ 32. Peter Linquiti and Nicholas Vonortas (2012), ‘The Value of Flexibility in Adapting to Climate Change: A Real Options Analysis of Investments in Coastal Defense’ 33. Leo Dobes (2012), ‘Sir Sidney Kidman: Australia’s Cattle King as a Pioneer of Adaptation to Climatic Uncertainty’ 34. Stéphane Hallegatte (2009), ‘Strategies to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate Change’ 35. George L. Priest (1996), ‘The Government, the Market, and the Problem of Catastrophic Loss’ 36. Nils Petter Gleditsch (1998), ‘Armed Conflict and the Environment: A Critique of the Literature’ 37. François Gemenne (2011), ‘Why the Numbers Don’t Add Up: A Review of Estimates and Predictions of People Displaced by Environmental Changes’ 38. Sabine L. Perch-Nielsen, Michèle B. Bättig and Dieter Imboden (2008), ‘Exploring the Link between Climate Change and Migration’ 39. Roxana Juliá and Faye Duchin (2007), ‘World Trade as the Adjustment Mechanism of Agriculture to Climate Change’ 40. Robert Mendelsohn (2006), ‘The Role of Markets and Governments in Helping Society Adapt to a Changing Climate’

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Book SynopsisThis original and timely volume provides unique insights and analysis on the pressing question of how to achieve environmental sustainability while fostering economic growth. The emphasis of the book lies in finding critical solutions to global climate change including chapters on environmental fiscal reform and unemployment in Spain, EU structural and cohesion policy and sustainable development, ecological tax reform in Europe and Asia, Australia's carbon pricing mechanism, and many other timely topics.This insightful volume will appeal to policymakers in government as well as academics and students in environmental law, environmental economics and environmental sustainability. Contributors: E. de Lemos Pinto Aydos, B. Bahn-Walkowiak, C.M. Black, B. Butcher, A.F. Carbo Lugo, F. Carraro, J. Cottrell, M. Escapa, C. Ge, M. Gonzalez-Eguino, J.I. Gorospe-Oviedo, F. Habermacher, Y. Ito, L. Kreiser, T.-Y. Lee, C. Lenz, A. Lerch, X. Li, X. Liu, A. Majocchi, A. Markandya, A.I. Mateos-Ansotegui, E. Meyer, D.C. Perez Bustamante, Y. Ren, S. Rudolph, P. Schepelmann, H. Sprohge, K. Sudo, S. Suk, R. Tavallali, A. Usubiaga, B. Volmert, J. Wang, M. Xue, A. Yabar Sterling, A. ZattiTrade ReviewThe scope, depth and persistence with which this book explores carbon pricing is admirable, reflecting that despite political reluctance it is a topic in all parts of the world. - Mikael Skou Andersen, Aarhus University, Denmark and European Environment Agency Environmental taxation and emissions trading continue to be high on the public policy agenda in many countries, and this is another welcome and very interesting volume in the Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation series that presents new ideas and evidence on these subjects from a wide range of countries and a variety of perspectives. --- Paul Ekins, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: CARBON PRICING AND ENVIRONMENTAL FISCAL REFORM 1. Environmental Fiscal Reform and Unemployment in Spain Anil Markandya, Mikel González-Eguino and Marta Escapa 2. EU Structural and Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development Bettina Bahn-Walkowiak, Arkaitz Usubiaga and Philipp Schepelmann 3. Decentralized Environmental Taxation: A Preliminary Assessment Fiorenza Carraro and Andrea Zatti PART II: LOW CARBON GREEN GROWTH 4. Taxation Reform for Promoting Low Carbon Green Growth in China Chazhong Ge, Xiaoqiong Li, Jinnan Wang, Yajuan Ren and Minbin Xue 5. Ecological Tax Reform in Europe and Central Asia Jacqueline Cottrell and Eike Meyer 6. Lower Carbon Energy: The Case of Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas Hans Sprohge, Rahmat Tavallali, Larry Kreiser and Bill Butcher PART III: CARBON PRICING THROUGH EMISSIONS TRADING 7. Emissions Trading to Improve Visibility in Specially Protected Areas in the US: An Alternative to Retrofit Control Requirements in a Sustainable Economy Agustín F. Carbó Lugo 8. Related Party Transactions and Emissions Rights: Accounting and Direct International Taxation J.I. Gorospe-Oviedo and A.I. Mateos-Ansótegui 9. Harmful Subsidies on Fossil Fuels: ETS Windfall Profits and Coal Protection for Electricity in Spain Ana Yábar Sterling and Diana C. Perez Bustamante PART IV: EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEMES 10. GHG Emissions Trading Schemes in Northeast Asia: An Overview and Analysis of Current Scenarios Xianbing Liu, Sunhee Suk and Kinichi Sudo 11. Towards Sustainable Carbon Markets: Requirements for Effective, Efficient, and Fair Emissions Trading Schemes Sven Rudolph, Christine Lenz, Achim Lerch and Barbara Volmert 12. Linking Land Sector Activities to Emissions Trading: Australia’s Carbon Farming Initiative Celeste M. Black PART V: IMPACTS OF CARBON PRICING 13. Determinants of Willingness to Pay for Emissions Reduction: A Comparative Study of Japan and South Korea Tae-Yeoun Lee 14. The Effects of Carbon/Energy Taxes on R&D Expenditure in Sweden Yasushi Ito 15. Carbon-Energy Tax, Emission Permits and Border Tax Adjustments Alberto Majocchi PART VI: CARBON LEAKAGE CONCERNS 16. Is Carbon Leakage Really Low? A Critical Reconsideration of the Leakage Concept Florian Habermacher 17. Australia’s Carbon Pricing Mechanism Elena de Lemos Pinto Aydos Index

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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

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Book SynopsisEmission trading schemes have become instruments of choice in climate change policy across many jurisdictions, and this has led to massive experimentation across very different contexts. The scale and urgency of the climate change problem and the real-life complexity of emission trading schemes combine to make high quality, detailed studies necessary, important, and sometimes fascinating. This book scores on all these fronts. By putting practical implementations within a sound theoretical framework, it will be of value both for seasoned and not so seasoned scholars and policymakers.'- Javier de Cendra de Larragán, IE Law School, SpainEmissions trading is becoming an increasingly popular policy instrument with growing diversity in design. This book examines emissions trading design, emissions trading implementation problems and how to address them.In an easily accessible way, the book examines advantages and disadvantages of emissions trading and presents policy considerations that designers should not neglect. Stefan Weishaar reviews the main implementation challenges emissions trading faces and assesses how they can be addressed in an effective, efficient and acceptable way. By reviewing existing and emerging emissions trading systems around the world, the book describes why emissions trading systems are used in an environmental policy mix, how an emissions trading system can be designed, what special design issues should be duly considered, and with whom emissions trading systems can be linked.Written from both a legal and an economic perspective, this book will appeal to academic researchers and postgraduate students in environmental law and policy, and those focused on energy and climate change issues. It will also be essential reading for policymakers, managers and consultants working in this field.Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Emission Trading and Alternative Instruments 3. Design Variants of Emissions Trading 4. Real-life Applications of Emissions Trading Systems 5. Implementation Issue 1: Initial Allocation of Emission Rights 6. Implementation Issues 2: Secondary Market for Emissions Rights 7. Implementation Issue 3: Operational Aspects of Emission Rights 8. Implementation Issue 4: Lawsuits Following from Emissions Trading 9. Linking Emissions Trading Schemes 10. Concluding Remarks References IndexTrade Review'Emission trading schemes have become instruments of choice in climate change policy across many jurisdictions, and this has led to massive experimentation across very different contexts. The scale and urgency of the climate change problem and the real-life complexity of emission trading schemes combine to make high quality, detailed studies necessary, important, and sometimes fascinating. This book scores on all these fronts. By putting practical implementations within a sound theoretical framework, it will be of value both for seasoned and not so seasoned scholars and policymakers.' -- Javier de Cendra de Larragán, IE Law School, Spain‘Policy makers in the relevant government bodies will undoubtedly consider this book essential reading, as will environmental lawyers of course, as well as technical consultants advising in this field. With its meticulous footnoting throughout, not to mention the detailed bibliography of over 20 pages, this book certainly emerges as a superb research tool for those seeking to enhance their understanding of this important environmental topic.’ -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine‘This book addresses a large number of important design variables and reflects deep knowledge of the EU experience. For those reasons alone, it merits a read.’ -- David Driesen, Carbon and Climate Law Review‘I found this book both informative and easy to read. This book would be of interest to academics wishing to gain an understanding of emissions trading policy issues for research or teaching purposes. In addition, academics from science and the environment in general would ?nd it a most useful tool to increasing the policy impacts of their research. I also believe it would be a great book to recommend to the current federal Government in Australia and most likely many others around the globe.’ -- Deborah Cotton, Australian Journal of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Emission Trading and Alternative Instruments 3. Design Variants of Emissions Trading 4. Real-life Applications of Emissions Trading Systems 5. Implementation Issue 1: Initial Allocation of Emission Rights 6. Implementation Issues 2: Secondary Market for Emissions Rights 7. Implementation Issue 3: Operational Aspects of Emission Rights 8. Implementation Issue 4: Lawsuits Following from Emissions Trading 9. Linking Emissions Trading Schemes 10. Concluding Remarks References Index

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Book SynopsisThe frequency and scale of damage inflicted by climate-related disasters, including floods, drought, heat waves and hurricanes, has been increasing at an alarming rate. This volume provides a timely and thoughtful discussion of strategies for adaptation to climate change, which can complement mitigation strategies being developed by other experts throughout the world.The book focuses on eight geographically diverse territories in Asia, which are among the areas that will experience the most severe impacts of climate change and are the most vulnerable in terms of capacity to cope with the damage. The authors discuss adaptation strategies to safeguard food and water supplies, address urban problems, support migrant workers, protect coastal cities and preserve biodiversity. They also offer a critical analysis of plans that have proven successful to explore what additional steps can be taken to address the gaps.The collection of observations and recommendations in this book will prove invaluable to policy makers in countries that are facing similar threats and looking to build their adaptive capacity to cope with climate change. It will also appeal to academics interested in environmental ecology, sustainable development, global climate change and Asian studies.Contributors include: M. Billah, N. Chhinh, S. Jamil, H.-J. Jung, C. Kim, K.-H. Kim, J.I. Lewis, J. Lin, T. Siddiqui, B. Singh Karky, J. Usmani, S. VachaniTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia Sushil Vachani and Jawed Usmani 2. Vulnerable and Lagging Behind: The Case of Hong Kong Jolene Lin 3. The Evolution of Environmental Policies in South Korea in Response to Climate Change Ki-Ho Kim, Hye-Jin Jung and Chankook Kim 4. Climate-proofing a Concrete Island: Improving State and Societal Climate Adaptation Capacities in Singapore Sofiah Jamil 5. Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in China Joanna I. Lewis 6. Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh: Migration the Missing Link Tasneem Siddiqui and Motasim Billah 7. Adaptation Strategy to Address Climate Change Impacts in the Mountains: The Case of Nepal Bhaskar Singh Karky 8. Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture in Cambodia Nyda Chhinh 9. Adapting Indian Agriculture to Climate Change Sushil Vachani and Jawed Usmani Index

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Book SynopsisThe Governance of Climate Relations between Europe and Asia offers a thorough empirical study of the most fundamental dynamics involved in EU climate relations with China and Vietnam in the context of global climate governance.This book presents a study of the most important governance processes in current EU-Asia climate relations. It focuses on in-depth empirical case studies, offering a comprehensive relational perspective. Contributions on China cover the most essential issues, interests and actors, while the inquiry of EU-Vietnam relations mainly focuses on the Clean Development Mechanism as the main channel of bilateral climate action.This landmark study will appeal to both policymakers and practitioners faced with the extraordinary task of managing the increasingly complex and multilevel interactions of current EU-Asia climate relations as well as global carbon market watchers and professionals dealing with emissions trading in the European Union, China and Vietnam. It will also be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students of international relations, Chinese and EU foreign policy, global environmental and climate governance and international law.Contributors: K. Bachus, D. Belis, H. Bruyninckx, V.H. Bui, J. Cao, P.-f. Chang, M.D. Dang, L. De Smet, J. Delbeke, T.N.B. Dinh, A.H. Nguyen, B.T. Nguyen, Q.T. Nguyen, Y. Qi, S. Schunz, T.T.H. Tran, S. Van EyndeTrade ReviewThis book is very timely... it provides important insights for bilateral cooperation and international negotiations. These lessons go beyond EU - China and EU - Vietnam relations. Many of them are applicable to other countries in Asia, a region which will remain a key priority for EU foreign and climate policy, not in the least as the EU's largest trading partner. --- From the foreword by Jos Delbeke, Director General, EC DG Climate ActionTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Jos Delbeke 1. Introduction: Governing Climate Relations between Europe and Asia in a Restructuring World Order David Belis, Hans Bruyninckx, Qi Ye and Nguyen Quang Thuan PART I: THE EUROPEAN UNION, CHINA AND THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE 2. The Increasingly Complex Nature of EU–China Climate Relations Hans Bruyninckx and Qi Ye 3. China, the European Union and Global Environmental Governance: The Case of Climate Change David Belis and Simon Schunz 4. Explaining the Development of China’s Renewable Energy Policies: Comparing Wind and Solar Power Sarah Van Eynde and Chang Pei-fei 5. Cap or Tax? Exploring the Potential for a Carbon Tax or Emissions Trading in China Kris Bachus and Cao Jing 6. The Governance of the CDM in China: Achievements and Deficiencies David Belis, Bui Viet Hung and Nguyen Bich Thuan PART II: EU–VIETNAM CLIMATE RELATIONS: A STUDY OF THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM 7. The Role and Dynamics of the Clean Development Mechanism in EU–Vietnam Climate Relations David Belis 8. The Vietnamese Regulatory Framework for the Clean Development Mechanism Nguyen Quang Thuan and Tran Thi Thu Huyen 9. Public–Private Partnerships in CDM Implementation in Vietnam Dinh Thi Ngoc Bich and Sarah Van Eynde 10. Opportunities and Challenges for Vietnamese Enterprises Involved in the CDM Nguyen An Ha and Dang Minh Duc 11. Case-Study of Vietnamese Hydropower CDM Projects: Shortcomings and Barriers Sarah Van Eynde, Lieven De Smet and Nguyen An Ha PART III: CONCLUSION 12. The Governance of Climate Relations between Europe and Asia in the ‘Pivotal Decade’ (2010–2020): Evidence from China and Vietnam David Belis and Hans Bruyninckx Index

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Book SynopsisGovernments around the globe have begun to implement various actions to limit carbon emissions and so, combat climate change. This book brings together some of the leading scholars in environmental and climate economics to examine the distributional consequences of policies that are designed to reduce these carbon emissions.Whether through a carbon tax, cap-and-trade system or other mechanisms, most proposals to reduce carbon emissions include some kind of carbon pricing system - shifting the costs of emissions onto polluters and providing an incentive to find the least costly methods of abatement. This standard efficiency justification for pricing carbon also has important distributional consequences - a problem that is often ignored by economists while being a major focus of attention in the political arena. Leading scholars in environmental and climate economics take up these issues to examine such questions as: Will the costs fall on current or future generations? Will they fall on the rich, poor, middle class, or on everyone proportionally? Which countries will benefit, and which will suffer?Students and scholars interested in climate change, along with policy makers, will find this lively volume an invaluable addition to the quest for information on this globally important issue.Contributors include: S. Barrett, G.S. Becker, J. Blonz, C. Boehringer, D. Burtraw, M.A. Cohen, M. Deshpande, S. Devarajan, J. Elliott, C. Fischer, I. Foster, D. Fullerton, R. Goettle, M. Greenstone, T. Hertel, G. Heutel, M.S. Ho, D.W. Jorgenson, K. Judd, L. Kaplow, C.D. Kolstad, S. Kortum, A.M. Levinson, R.D. Ludema, G.E. Metcalf, E. Moyer, T. Munson, K.M. Murphy, S. Paltsev, I.W.H. Parry, W. Randolph, S. Rausch, J.M. Reilly, K.E. Rosendahl, D.T. Slesnick, R.H. Topel, M.A. Walls, D.A. Weisbach, M.L. Weitzman, P.J. Wilcoxen, R.C. WilliamsTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction: Mark A. Cohen, Don Fullerton and Robert H. Topel 1. Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel (2010), ‘On the Economics of Climate Policy’ 2. Manasi Deshpande and Michael Greenstone (2010), ‘Comment on “On the Economics of Climate Policy”: Is Climate Change Mitigation the Ultimate Arbitrage Opportunity?’ 3. Louis Kaplow, Elisabeth Moyer and David A. Weisbach (2010), ‘The Social Evaluation of Intergenerational Policies and Its Application to Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change’ 4. Martin L. Weitzman (2010), ‘Comment on “The Social Evaluation of Intergenerational Policies and Its Application to Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change”’ 5. Don Fullerton and Garth Heutel (2010), ‘Analytical General Equilibrium Effects of Energy Policy on Output and Factor Prices’ 6. Samuel Kortum (2010), ‘Comment on “Analytical General Equilibrium Effects of Energy Policy on Output and Factor Prices”’ 7. Joshua Blonz, Dallas Burtraw and Margaret A. Walls (2010), ‘Climate Policy’s Uncertain Outcomes for Households: The Role of Complex Allocation Schemes in Cap-and-Trade’ 8. Arik M. Levinson (2010), ‘Comment on “Climate Policy’s Uncertain Outcomes for Households: The Role of Complex Allocation Schemes in Cap-and-Trade”’ 9. Ian W.H. Parry and Roberton C. Williams III (2010), ‘What are the Costs of Meeting Distributional Objectives for Climate Policy?’ 10. William Randolph (2010), ‘Comment on “What are the Costs of Meeting Distributional Objectives for Climate Policy?”’ 11. Sebastian Rausch, Gilbert E. Metcalf, John M. Reilly and Sergey Paltsev (2010), ‘Distributional Implications of Alternative U.S. Greenhouse Gas Control Measures’ 12. Shanta Devarajan (2010), ‘Comment on “Distributional Implications of Alternative U.S. Greenhouse Gas Control Measures”’ 13. Dale W. Jorgenson, Richard Goettle, Mun S. Ho, Daniel T. Slesnick and Peter J. Wilcoxen (2010), ‘The Distributional Impact of Climate Policy’ 14. Thomas Hertel (2010), ‘Comment on “The Distributional Impact of Climate Policy”’ 15. Joshua Elliott, Ian Foster, Kenneth Judd, Elisabeth Moyer and Todd Munson (2010), ‘CIM-EARTH: Framework and Case Study’ 16. Don Fullerton (2010), ‘Comment on “CIM-EARTH: Framework and Case Study”’ 17. Christoph Boehringer, Carolyn Fischer and Knut Einar Rosendahl (2010), ‘The Global Effects of Subglobal Climate Policies’ 18. Rodney D. Ludema (2010), ‘Comment on “The Global Effects of Subglobal Climate Policies”’ 19. Charles D. Kolstad (2010), ‘Equity, Heterogeneity and International Environmental Agreements’ 20. Scott Barrett (2010), ‘Comment on “Equity, Heterogeneity and International Environmental Agreements”’

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Book SynopsisAgainst all odds, the CDM has shown that market mechanisms for greenhouse gas reduction in developing countries can work. Nevertheless, as Paula Castro explains convincingly, the CDM is no 'magic bullet'. Advanced developing countries need to be 'weaned off' the CDM in order to take up commitments, while the monetary incentive from emission credit sales is insufficient to put least developed countries on a low-emission pathway. However, experience from the CDM remains critical in designing new market mechanisms.'- Axel Michaelowa, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandIn this groundbreaking book, Paula Castro presents the first systematic categorization of positive and negative incentives generated by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for climate change mitigation in the Global South.To reduce the cost of meeting their greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, industrialized countries may rely on the CDM, a market instrument that allows them to count emission reductions from projects in developing countries as their own. Presented in four core empirical chapters, the book critically reviews whether and how the CDM creates incentives or disincentives for developing country action towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and draws lessons for the future international climate change regime.Recommendations and discussion on the reform of the CDM invoke debate on the future of this policy in developing countries, which is vital material for both policymakers and international institutions introducing similar instruments. Students and researchers working on topics related to environmental politics, climate policy, environmental economics and environmental science will also find this resource invaluable. Contents: 1. Introduction to the Clean Development Mechanism 2. Conceptual Framework 3. Will Preferential Access Measures Overcome Barriers to CDM Projects in Least Developed Countries? 4. Discounting Emission Credits and Competitiveness of Different CDM Host Countries 5. Does the CDM Discourage Emission Reduction Targets in Advanced Developing Countries? An Analysis of the Low-hanging Fruit Issue 6. Do Domestic Renewable Energy Promotion Policies Lead to More CDM Projects? 7. Concluding Remarks ReferencesTrade Review‘Against all odds, the CDM has shown that market mechanisms for greenhouse gas reduction in developing countries can work. Nevertheless, as Paula Castro explains convincingly, the CDM is no “magic bullet”. Advanced developing countries need to be “weaned off” the CDM in order to take up commitments, while the monetary incentive from emission credit sales is insufficient to put least developed countries on a low-emission pathway. However, experience from the CDM remains critical in designing new market mechanisms.’ -- Axel Michaelowa, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Clean Development Mechanism 2. Conceptual Framework 3. Will Preferential Access Measures Overcome Barriers to CDM Projects in Least Developed Countries? 4. Discounting Emission Credits and Competitiveness of Different CDM Host Countries 5. Does the CDM Discourage Emission Reduction Targets in Advanced Developing Countries? An Analysis of the Low-hanging Fruit Issue 6. Do Domestic Renewable Energy Promotion Policies Lead to More CDM Projects? 7. Concluding Remarks References

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Book SynopsisDrawing together understandings from science and business around the increasingly important concept of resilience, this book provides managers, academics and practitioners with important ideas that will help business prepare for the future. It provides much needed detail on the challenges that climate change poses for organisations and makes essential reading for anyone interested in sustainable business.'- Suzanne Benn, University of Technology, Sydney, AustraliaClimate change has had a significant impact globally, predominantly for those vulnerable to its influence. The first book of its kind, The Climate Resilient Organization assesses the issues that have mounted for decision-makers in the field, while providing strategies to tackle them.With a particular focus on building climate-resilient pathways for private sector organizations, the expert authors offer practical tools and decision-making criteria for evaluating adaptation needs, costs and benefits. Split into two parts, this book begins with an analysis of the subject on a global scale; it continues by translating the science surrounding it while presenting it in a manner suited to local decision-makers.Sustainability and climate adaptation scholars as well as managers will equally find this book to be an insightful read. Government officers and risk management professionals will also find the topics discussed beneficial to their work.Trade Review‘Geared toward organizational decision-makers and policymakers, The Climate Resilient Organization is clearly? ?written, nicely summarizes the literature and draws heavily on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? ?(IPCC) reports. It is a good starting point for those looking for an introduction to climate change and how it? ?might influence their business.' -- Jessica Gordon, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, US, Anthem EnvirosExperts Review‘The Climate Resilient Organization offers a treasure trove of valuable information, useful tables for long-term reference, and a range of incredibly interesting issues for discussion that must be taken seriously by academics and practitioners alike.’ -- Eric B. Kennedy, Science and Public Policy‘Drawing together understandings from science and business around the increasingly important concept of resilience, this book provides managers, academics and practitioners with important ideas that will help business prepare for the future. It provides much needed detail on the challenges that climate change poses for organisations and makes essential reading for anyone interested in sustainable business.’ -- Suzanne Benn, University of Technology, Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: PART I The Changed Environment 1. Organizations and Global Environmental Change 2. The Threat of Climate Change 3: The International Climate Policy Landscape 4. Implications for National Policy on Climate Change PART II ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSES 5. Vulnerabilities and Impacts as Drivers for Change 6. Strategic Options for Adaptation 7. Responses to Extreme Environmental Changes 8. The Path Forward: New Frameworks for Business Strategy and Innovation References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook reviews many key issues in the economics of energy and climate change, raising new questions and offering solutions that might help to minimize the threat of energy-induced climate change.Constructed around the objectives of displaying some of the best of current thinking in the economics of energy and climate change, this groundbreaking volume brings together many of the world s leading and most innovative minds in the field to cover issues related to:- fossil fuel and electricity markets- environment-related energy policy- international climate agreements- carbon mitigation policies- low-carbon behavior, growth and governance.Serving as an indispensable guide to one of the fastest-growing fields of economics, this invaluable resource will strongly appeal to students, academics and policy makers interested in energy, environmental and climate change issues.Contributors include: J.E. Aldy, E.B. Barbier, A. Bowen, J. Chevallier, C. de Perthuis, J. Evans, N. Eyre, M. Fillipini, R. Fouquet, S. Gabriel, A. Gago, C. Gennaioli, J. Gowdy, C. Haftendorn, J.D. Hamilton, M. Hanemann, I. Hascic, D.F. Hendry, C. Hepburn, B. Holtsmark, F. Holz, C. Hope, L. Hunt, H.D. Jacoby, M. Jefferson, N. Johnstone, J.G. Kassakian, C. Kemfert, S. Kverndokk, X. Labandeira, H. Lee, H. Llavador, G. Lovellette, R. Martin, R. McKitrick, A. Moe, M. Muûls, I.W.H. Parry, M. Pollitt, F. Pretis, T. O'Garra, A. Ramos, C. Robinson, J.E. Roemer, K.E. Rosendahl, R. Schmalensee, I. Shaorshadze, J. Silvestre, P. Stevens, R. Tol, R. Trotignon, M. Tsygankova, G.C. van Kooten, C. von HirschhausenTrade ReviewWith increasing focus on the negative impacts of climate change, this book addresses a gap in the field of energy and climate change economics by providing a comprehensive overview of the state of research in this area. Dividing the contents into seven distinct sections allows for easy navigation of the material and encompasses wide ranging topics from the markets for fossil fuels, to governance, to energy policy and implications.'--The Energy Journal'. . .The volume is useful for legal and policy professionals, academics or practitioners alike, as it contains many interesting contributions on the state-of-the-art research in the economics of climate change mitigation in the energy sector. The parts of the book discussing carbon mitigation, energy efficiency and renewable energy policies, and low-carbon growth provide policy useful and novel knowledge. Advanced students might also find considerable material in this book useful for their studies on energy and climate issues.'--Y. Yamineva, Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence'The book represents a masterpiece in the energy and environmental economics literature and will certainly find an important place as a reference for academic debate and analysis.'--Edmar de Almeida, IAEE's Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy978 1 78347 463 9'Some of us have spent our professional lives on energy and climate change but any new researcher or policy maker must find it daunting to even approach the subject. If so, this encyclopedic Handbook provides a wonderful and necessary introduction. It is creative and up to date, yet also takes the reader by the hand and introduces one topic after another while providing much of the historical context that is so necessary to a deeper understanding.'--Thomas Sterner, Environmental Defense FundTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Roger Fouquet PART I: FOSSIL FUEL MARKETS 1. Oil Prices, Exhaustible Resources and Economic Growth James D. Hamilton 2. Gas Markets: Past, Present and Future Paul Stevens 3. The Likelihood and Potential Implications of a Natural Gas Cartel Steven A. Gabriel, Arild Moe, Knut Einar Rosendahl and Marina Tsygankova 4. Global Steam Coal Markets until 2030: Perspectives on Production, Trade and Consumption under Increasing Carbon Constraints Clemens Haftendorn, Franziska Holz, Claudia Kemfert and Christian von Hirschhausen PART II: ELECTRICITY MARKETS 5. The Future of the (US) Electric Grid Henry D. Jacoby, John G. Kassakian and Richard Schmalensee 6. Increasing the Penetration of Intermittent Renewable Energy: Innovation in Energy Storage and Grid Management Nick Johnstone and Ivan Haščič 7. Electric Vehicles: Will Consumers Purchase Them? Henry Lee and Grant Lovellette PART III: ENERGY POLICY 8. The Contribution of Energy Efficiency Towards Meeting CO2 Targets Joanne Evans, Massimo Filippini and Lester C. Hunt 9. Economic Analysis of Feed-in Tariffs for Generating Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources G. Cornelis van Kooten 10. A Renewable Energy Future? Michael Jefferson 11. Energy Policy: A Full Circle? Colin Robinson PART IV: CLIMATE AGREEMENTS 12. Anthropogenic Influences on Atmospheric CO2 David F. Hendry and Felix Pretis 13. International Cooperation on Climate Change: Why is there so Little Progress? Bjart Holtsmark 14. Long Live the Kyoto Protocol! Richard S.J. Tol 15. Designing a Bretton Woods Institution to Address Global Climate Change Joseph E. Aldy PART V: CARBON MITIGATION POLICIES 16. Fiscal Instruments for Climate Finance Ian Parry 17. How High Should Climate Change Taxes Be? Chris Hope 18. State-Contingent Pricing as a Response to Uncertainty in Climate Policy Ross McKitrick 19. Climate Change, Buildings and Energy Prices Alberto Gago, Michael Hanemann, Xavier Labandeira and Ana Ramos 20. Using Micro Data to Examine Causal Effects of Climate Policy Caterina Gennaioli, Ralf Martin and Mirabelle Muûls 21. Carbon Trading: Past, Present and Future Julien Chevallier 22. Moral Positions on Tradable Permit Markets Snorre Kverndokk 23. The European CO2 Allowances Market: Issues in the Transition to Phase III Christian de Perthuis and Raphaël Trotignon PART VI: LOW-CARBON BEHAVIOUR AND GOVERNANCE 24. The Role of Behavioural Economics in Energy and Climate Policy Michael G. Pollitt and Irina Shaorshadze 25. Valuing Nature for Climate Change Policy: From Discounting the Future to Truly Social Deliberation John M. Gowdy 26. Individual Consumers and Climate Change: Searching for a New Moral Compass Tanya O’Garra 27. Decentralization of Governance in the Low-Carbon Transition Nick Eyre 28. Is a Global Crisis Required to Prevent Climate Change? A Historical–Institutional Perspective Edward B. Barbier PART VII: LOW-CARBON GROWTH 29. Prosperity with Growth: Economic Growth, Climate Change and Environmental Limits Cameron Hepburn and Alex Bowen 30. Should we Sustain? And if so, Sustain What? Consumption or the Quality of Life? Humberto Llavador, John E. Roemer and Joaquim Silvestre 31. At the Crossroads: Can China Grow in a Low-Carbon Way? Julien Chevallier 32. Low-Carbon Economy: Dark Age or Golden Age? Roger Fouquet Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security is a landmark publication which links the complexities of climate change to the wellbeing and resilience of human populations.It is written in an engaging and accessible way but also conveys the state of the art on both climate change research and work into human security, utilizing both disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. Organized around thematic sections, each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert in the field, and discusses the key concepts and evidence base for our current policy choices, and the dilemmas of international policy in the field. The Handbook is unique in addressing sophisticated ethical and moral questions as well as new information and data from different geographical regions. It is a timely volume that makes the case for acting wisely now to avert impending crises and global environmental problems.The Handbook is international in scope and provides an assessment that will be of value to academics, students and policy professionals alike. NGOs and policy institutes which need a grasp of the specificity and range of the issues and problems will also find this book insightful.Contributors: K. Bickerstaff, H.G. Brauch, S. Dalby, G. Edwards, G. Feola, D. Gasper, N.P. Gleditsch, M. Grasso, C.M. Hall, E. Hinton, C.D. Klose, M. Mason, R. Matthew, R. Nordås, M. Nuttall, Ú. Oswald Spring, M.R. Redclift, E. Remling, J. Ribot, J.T. Roberts, J. Scheffran, D. Simon, S. Srinivasan, S. Vanderheiden, E.E. Watson, C. WebersikTrade Review‘This volume provides a useful overview of the debate on climate change and human security.’ -- Benoit Mayer, Climate LawTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Human Security in the Age of Carbon Michael R. Redclift and Marco Grasso PART I: FRAMING THE ISSUE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN SECURITY 1. Climate Change as an Issue of Human Security Simon Dalby 2. Elements and Value-added of a Human Security Approach in the Study of Climate Change Des Gasper 3. The IPCC, Human Security, and the Climate-conflict Nexus Ragnhild Nordås and Nils Petter Gleditsch 4. Space, Time and Scales of Human Security in Climate Change Richard Matthew PART II: THE DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN SECURITY IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE CONTEXT 5. The Environmental Determinants of Human Security in the Context of Climate Change David Simon 6. The Social Dimensions of Human Security under a Changing Climate Jürgen Scheffran and Elise Remling 7. Vulnerability Does Not Just Fall from the Sky: Toward Multi-scale Pro-poor Climate Policy Jesse Ribot 8. Disasters and Human Security: Natural Hazards and Political Instability in Haiti and the Dominican Republic Christian Webersik and Christian D. Klose PART III: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN SECURITY 9. The Impact of Climate Change on Human Security in Latin America and the Caribbean Úrsula Oswald Spring, Hans Günter Brauch, Guy Edwards and J Timmons Roberts 10. Human Security and Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region Marco Grasso and Giuseppe Feola 11. Climate Change and Human Security in the Arctic Mark Nuttall 12. Climate Change and Human Security in Africa Sharath Srinivasan and Elizabeth E. Watson PART IV: RESPONSES TO THE THREATS POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE TO HUMAN SECURITY 13. Climate Change and Human Security: The Individual and Community Response C. Michael Hall 14. Climate Change, Human Security and the Built Environment Karen Bickerstaff and Emma Hinton 15. Climate Change and Human Security: The International Governance Architectures, Policies and Instruments Michael Mason 16. A Human Rights-based Approach from Strengthening Human Security Against Climate Change Steve Vanderheiden Index

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