Climate change Books
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Policy in Denmark, Germany, Estonia and
Book SynopsisMinisterial administrations are pivotal in the process of defining problems and developing policy solutions due to their technocratic expertise, particularly when this process is applied to climate policy. This innovative book explores how and why policies are changed or continued by employing in-depth studies from a diverse range of EU countries. Climate Policy in Denmark, Germany, Estonia and Poland works to narrow the research gap surrounding administrative institutions within the field of climate policy change by integrating ideas, discourses and institutions to provide a better understanding of both climate policy and policy change. Differences in approach to democratization and Europeanization between Western and Central Eastern European countries provide rich empirical material for the study of policy formulation. This timely book demonstrates how the substance and formation of policies are shaped by their political and administrative institutional contexts. Analytical and accessible, this discerning book will be of value to scholars and students of climate policy, public policy and public administration alike. Providing lessons on institutional reform in climate and energy policy, this explorative book will also be of interest to practitioners and policy-makers.Trade Review'This masterful cross-national study opens up the black box of the state and examines how the internal organization, policy styles and coordinative discourses of ''ministerial administrations'' can have a profound effect on the shape of national climate and energy policy. The study demonstrates the strengths of interpretive empirical enquiry (via discursive neo-institutionalism) while also providing some key public policy and administrative insights on why Denmark has progressed further than Germany, Estonia and Poland in transforming its energy system.' --Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Part I The study of policy change 1. Introduction: ministerial administrations and policy change in climate policy 2. Ideas, discourses and institutions: a framework of analysis Part II Climate policy in Western Europe 3. Denmark: consensus-seeking in a small, green state 4. Germany: contested policy entrepreneurship in a large state Part III Climate policy in Central Eastern Europe 5. Estonia: technocratic compliance in a small state in transition 6. Poland: policy entrepreneurship in a large state in transition Part IV Comparison and conclusion 7. Lessons on ideas, discourses and institutions Bibliography Index
£90.00
Collective Ink Resetting Our Future: What If Solving the Climate
Book SynopsisTom Bowman has never bought the idea that some problems are too complex to solve. With razor-like precision, he slices through the Gordian Knot of dispiriting misperceptions that lead to a sense of defeat. The result is an inspiring and practical narrative that will leave readers feeling uplifted and empowered to create a future they are eager to embrace.
£10.16
Collective Ink Resetting Our Future: Cut Super Climate
Book SynopsisWe have a decade or less to radically slow global warming before we risk hitting irreversible tipping points that will lock in catastrophic climate change. The good news is that we know how to slow global warming enough to avert disaster. Cut Super Climate Pollutants Now! explains how a 10-year sprint to cut short-lived "super climate pollutants" -- primarily HFC refrigerants, black carbon (soot), and methane -- can cut the rate of global warming in half, so we can stay in the race to net zero climate emissions by 2050.
£11.77
CABI Publishing Climate Change Impacts and Sustainability:
Book SynopsisThis book provides a detailed analysis of the economic and environmental impacts of climate change on the tropical ecosystems in Tanzania. Topics covered include agriculture, marine resources, wildlife, and weather forecasting. The analyses concentrate on real and potential impacts of climate change, focusing on changes in temperature and precipitation. Adaptive capacity and strategies for enhancing resilience (such as changing crop types and crop patterns in farming) are described. Particular attention is paid to climate change impacts on vulnerability and resilience in communities and ecosystems with special reference to extreme events such as droughts and flooding. The book: is among the first books to analyse in detail climate change effects in Tanzania, highlighting the unique vulnerability of communities and ecosystems in East Africa from a socio-ecological point of view. discusses potential future threats as well as providing solutions to current problems. examines the application of local knowledge systems when formulating solutions. The book is essential reading for researchers on climate change and socio-economic impacts in tropical rural economies and of broad interest to climate change scientists, tropical ecologists, conservationists and agricultural scientists.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Living and Responding to Climate Variability and Change among Coffee and Banana Farmers in the Highlands of Moshi Rural District, Tanzania 3: Cassava as an Adaptation Crop to Climate Variability and Change in Coastal Areas of Tanzania: A Case of Mkuranga District 4: Agro-Ecosystems Resilience and Social-Ecological Vulnerability Index to Climate Change in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 5: Effects of Conservation Agriculture on Farmers’ Livelihoods in the Face of Climate Change in Balaka District, Malawi 6: A Comparative Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mobile and Sedentary Pastoral Production Systems in Selected Villages in Northern Tanzania 7: Locally Based Responses to Impacts of Climate Change in Pastoral Landscapes of Northern Tanzania 8: Assessment of Socio-Ecological Resilience of Agro-Pastoralists to Climate Change and Variability Impacts in Bariadi District, Tanzania 9: Natural Resource Use Conflicts in a Changing Climate: The Case of the Wetlands of Kilombero and Kilosa Districts in Tanzania 10: The Role of Ecosystem Services in Enhancing Climate Change Resilience to Local Communities: The Case of Ngarambe - Tapika Wildlife Management Area, Rufiji District, Tanzania 11: Effectiveness of Existing Climate Smart Agricultural Practices in Tehuledere District, Northeastern Ethiopia 12: Community Livelihoods and Ecosystem Integrity in Makere Forest Reserve, Western Tanzania 13: Weather Forecasting and Communication in the Upper Great Ruaha Catchment Area 14: Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward for Research on Climate Change in Tanzania
£93.87
CABI Publishing Tourism, Climate Change and the Geopolitics of
Book SynopsisGreenland is becoming a critically important territory in terms of tourism, climate change and competition for resource access, yet it has been poorly represented in academic literature. Tourism now features as a major source of income for the territory alongside fisheries. Cruise tourism is increasing rapidly, and might superficially appear to be best suited to Greenlandic conditions, given the lack of large-scale accommodation infrastructure and almost non-existent land routes between settlements. Ironically, one of the most spectacular tourist attractions is the large number of icebergs that are being calved as the result of glacier retreat and ice cap melting, both appearing to be taking place at ever increasing rates. As a consequence of ice removal, the territory's claimed extensive range of mineral resources, not least rare earth elements and hydrocarbons, are becoming more accessible for exploitation and, thereby, are acting increasingly as the focus for geopolitical competition. This book explores the nature of dynamics between tourism, climate change and the geopolitics of natural resource exploitation in the Arctic and examines their interrelationships specifically in the critical context of Greenland, but within a framework that emphasises the wider global implications of the outcomes of such interrelationships. This book is the first to explore these interrelationships in depth in English.Table of ContentsPart 1: Arctic Context 1: Framing the Arctic 2: The Changing Role of the Arctic: Transforming Peripherality 3: Arctic Tourism: Sustainability, Resilience and Identity Part 2: Dynamic Greenland 4: Evolving Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) 5: Greenland’s ‘Self-Sustainability’ 6: Greenlandic Identity and Culture within Development Processes, including: The Renegotiation of Greenlandic Identity by Kirsten Thisted 7: Tourism Supporting Greenland’s Aspirations 8: Peripherality, Tourism and Geopolitical Dimensions of Accessibility in Greenland 9: Fulcrum of Climate Change? 10: Tourism and Imagery: Soft Power, Branding and Cultural Disconnection, Including Understanding Adventure Tourism by Chinese Outbound Tourists by Rong Huang 11: Paradoxes of Cruise Tourism to Greenland 12: Greenlandic Independence and Tourism Futures – Exploring the Logics of Modernity and Indigeneity, by Carina Ren and Mette Simonsen Abildgaard Part 3: Conclusions 13: Summary and Conclusions
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CABI Publishing Climate Change and Insect Pests
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
£41.79
CABI Publishing Climate Change, Adaptation and Gender: Policy,
Book SynopsisThis book offers a wide, in-depth study of the gender-climate change-agriculture nexus. The crux of understanding these connections comprises gender equality and tools to measure gender discrimination, the evolution of the concept of gender inclusiveness and its concerns; and the need to address the same by formulating gender-inclusive policymaking. Despite the fact that more than 50 years have elapsed since gender concerns were included in explorations of this nexus, there is still ambiguity around the foundations, connections, and approaches for planning gender-inclusive climate policies. This book aims to clear that ambiguity by: · Being the first to explore exclusively this issue in detail. · Revealing how and why consideration of gender is so important for understanding how climate change impacts rural communities and agricultural systems globally. · Exploring every dimension of climate change (including belief systems and perceptions, knowledge, experience, coping strategies, adaptation, and mitigation strategies) and linking it to gender. It includes new theoretical and methodological approaches that go far beyond the household as the unit of analysis (using various approaches, including intersectional analysis). The book not only throws light on major themes of research, but also covers different methodologies ranging from review methods to mathematical models, conceptual frameworks and empirical analysis. It will be of wide interest to students, scholars, and researchers in gender studies, agriculture, climate change and rural development research, and also to practitioners, extension workers, and planners designing new climate-resilient practices.Table of ContentsPart I: Setting the Context Chapter 1: Introduction Part II: Gendering Climate Change Chapter 2: Gender Matters in Agriculture and Climate Change Chapter 3: Gender-inclusive Climate Policies Part III: A Gender Analysis in Climate Events Chapter 4: Farmer’s Cognitive Perspectives in Dealing with Climate Risk: A Narrative Review Chapter 5: Gender in Dealing with Climate Risk: Data Triangulation Evidence Part IV: Gender Responses to Climate Changes Chapter 6: Coping Strategies and Adaptation Strategy: Framings and Perspectives Chapter 7: Gender Inclusiveness in Climate-smart Agriculture Chapter 8: Gender-differentiated Responses to Climate Risk: Conceptual Literature Review Part V: Gender and Social Inclusion Dimension in Farming System Analysis Chapter 9: Unpacking Heterogeneous Nature of Climate Stresses and Varying Gendered Roles Across Crop Cycles Chapter 10: Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Farming Systems Part VI: Methodological Underpinnings and Suggestions for Future Research Chapter 11: Gender Analysis for Climate-smart Agriculture: Perspectives and Research Implications Chapter 12: Mediator and Moderator Variables in Gender Analysis Chapter 13: Methodological Applications for Future Research Plans for CRS
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ISTE Ltd Blue Planet, Red and Green Photosynthesis:
Book SynopsisThis book describes the mechanisms that allow aquatic photosynthetic organisms to contribute about half of the global primary productivity; in order to mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, they transform the original anoxic atmosphere of the Earth over geological time. Aquatic photosynthesis is performed by a wide diversity of organisms, predominantly involving cyanobacteria, and algae derived from the “red-lineage”, unlike terrestrial primary productivity, which is restricted to “green-lineage” plants. Blue Planet, Red and Green Photosynthesis describes how, in order to maximize productivity, aquatic primary producers have evolved a series of structures and mechanisms that increase the limiting supply of carbon dioxide to the enzyme, Rubisco, which is responsible for carbon dioxide fixation. This book covers the molecular mechanisms involved in aquatic carbon uptake and the global consequences as humankind alters the blue planet.Table of ContentsPreface xiStephen Christopher MABERLY and Brigiette GONTERO Chapter 1. An Introduction to Productivity and Carbon Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems 1Brigitte GONTERO, Timothy M. LENTON and Stephen Christopher MABERLY 1.1. Overview 1 1.2. Light and productivity on Earth 2 1.3. Converting light energy into chemical energy 4 1.3.1. Underwater light 4 1.3.2. The primary phase of photosynthesis 4 1.4. Carbon fixation 6 1.4.1. Inorganic carbon in air and water 6 1.4.2. Mechanisms of carbon fixation 10 1.5. The global carbon cycle 12 1.6. Perspectives 19 1.7. Acknowledgments 19 1.8. References 20 Chapter 2. Evolution of Aquatic Photoautotrophs 27John A. RAVEN 2.1. Background 27 2.2. Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria 28 2.3. Cyanobacteria 30 2.4. Photosynthetic eukaryotes 32 2.5. References 36 Chapter 3. Biogeographical Patterns and Genomes of Aquatic Photoautotrophs 43Juan José PIERELLA KARLUSICH, Charlotte NEF, Chris BOWLER and Richard G. DORRELL 3.1. Introduction – the changing face of algal genomes 43 3.2. Diversity of algae and their chloroplasts 46 3.3. Genomic insights into algal evolution 49 3.4. Limitations of cultured algal sequencing projects 50 3.5. History of omics-based approaches applied to environmental plankton samples 54 3.6. Biogeographical insights of algae from Tara Oceans metabarcoding 55 3.7. Functional studies of algae from Tara Oceans metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data 59 3.8. Applying genome-resolved metagenomics to phototrophic eukaryotes 61 3.9. Perspectives 63 3.10. Acknowledgments 66 3.11. References 67 Chapter 4. Inorganic Carbon Acquisition by Aquatic Primary Producers 81Sebastian D. ROKITTA, Sven A. KRANZ and Björn ROST 4.1. Overview 81 4.2. Rubisco and the problem of its own success 82 4.3. Dissolved inorganic carbon and its behavior in water 84 4.4. Disequilibrium situations and implications of transport processes 88 4.5. CCM operation in cyanobacteria 93 4.6. CCM operation in green algae 96 4.7. CCM operation in diatoms 98 4.8. CCM operation in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi 101 4.9. CCM operation in macroalgae, seagrasses and freshwater plants 105 4.10. CCM operation and its coupling with co-occurring processes 110 4.11. Future research foci 112 4.12. Acknowledgments 114 4.13. References 114 Chapter 5. Biochemical Carbon Dioxide Concentrating Mechanisms 133Brigitte GONTERO and Stephen C. MABERLY 5.1. Introduction 133 5.2. Carbon-fixation by Rubisco in the C3 pathway 134 5.3. The C4 CO2 concentrating mechanism 138 5.3.1. C4 in terrestrial plants 138 5.3.2. C4 in aquatic plants and algae 141 5.4. The CAM CO2 concentrating mechanism 150 5.4.1. Terrestrial CAM 150 5.4.2. Aquatic CAM 150 5.5. Conclusions and perspectives 153 5.6. Acknowledgments 154 5.7. References 155 Chapter 6. Carbonic Anhydrase 167Yusuke MATSUDA, Hermanus NAWALY, Kohei YONEDA 6.1. Overview 167 6.2. Introduction 168 6.3. Types of CA 169 6.3.1. Alpha CA 169 6.3.2. Beta CA 170 6.3.3. Gamma CA 172 6.3.4. Delta CA 173 6.3.5. Epsilon CA 174 6.3.6. Eta CA 174 6.3.7. Zeta CA 175 6.3.8. Theta CA 176 6.3.9. Iota CA 177 6.3.10. Subclasses and primary sequences 178 6.4. The functions of CAs in aquatic photoautotrophs 178 6.5. Regulation of CO2 efflux by CA at the chloroplast envelope 181 6.6. Summary: CAs in red and green photosynthesis 183 6.7. References 187 Chapter 7. Rubisco Microcompartments: The Function of Carboxysomes and Pyrenoids in Aquatic CO2-Concentrating Mechanisms 197Moritz T. MEYER 7.1. Introduction 197 7.2. The cyanobacterial CCM 199 7.2.1. Cyanobacteria accumulate bicarbonate through high- and low-affinity uptake systems 199 7.2.2. Carboxysomes belong to two distinct evolutionary lineages 201 7.2.3. Carboxysomes isolate Rubisco from the rest of the CBB cycle 203 7.2.4. Carboxysome shells are composed of thousands of self-assembling capsid proteins 204 7.2.5. Alpha and beta carboxysomes package the enzymatic cargo with different protein linkers 205 7.3. The algal CCM 207 7.3.1. The model alga Chlamydomonas has multiple acclimation states 207 7.3.2. Chlamydomonas has a cooperative CO2–HCO3 - uptake system 208 7.3.3. Chlamydomonas has a stromal vCA to capture CO2 209 7.3.4. Stromal HCO3 - is catalytically dehydrated to CO2 inside thylakoid lumen 210 7.3.5. The Chlamydomonas pyrenoid has a complex architecture 210 7.3.6. Rubisco and EPYC1 condense into a bimolecular complex 211 7.3.7. Rubisco is anchored to tubules and starch plates by proteins sharing a binding motif 211 7.4. Introducing an aquatic CCM into crops could increase biomass production 213 7.4.1. Proto-carboxysomes and proto-pyrenoids assemble in chloroplasts 213 7.4.2. Cyanobacterial and algal inorganic carbon transporters can be targeted to the chloroplast envelope 215 7.5. Conclusion 215 7.6. References 216 Chapter 8. Environmental Variability and Its Control of Productivity 225Alessandra NORICI, Caterina GEROTTO, John BEARDALL and John A. RAVEN 8.1. Introduction 225 8.2. Macro- and micronutrients in aquatic environments during Earth’s history and their biological functions 226 8.2.1. Nitrogen 227 8.2.2. Phosphorus 231 8.2.3. Sulfur 233 8.2.4. Silicon 235 8.2.5. Iron, copper, manganese, zinc, molybdenum, nickel 237 8.3. The ultimate element limiting productivity and cell stoichiometry 240 8.4. Light variability and effect on photosynthesis 243 8.4.1. Light-harvesting and photosynthetic electron transport 243 8.4.2. Photosynthesis versus irradiance (P vs. E) curves 246 8.4.3. Aquatic ecosystems: temporal and depth variations of light 247 8.4.4. Physiological processes associated with exposure to variable light intensities (acclimation and regulation of photosynthesis) 248 8.5. Photosynthesis and primary production in the water column 253 8.6. Glossary 256 8.7. Acknowledgments 257 8.8. References 257 Chapter 9. Future Responses of Marine Primary Producers to Environmental Changes 273Kunshan GAO, Wenyan ZHAO and John BEARDALL 9.1. Introduction 273 9.2. Contemporary and future environmental changes 274 9.2.1. Ocean acidification 274 9.2.2. Ocean warming 275 9.2.3. Ultraviolet radiation 276 9.2.4. Ocean deoxygenation 276 9.3. Effects of CO2 rise and ocean acidification 277 9.3.1. Effects of ocean warming and its combination with OA 280 9.3.2. Effects of UV radiation and its combination with OA and warming 282 9.4. Other interactions 287 9.5. Summary 288 9.6. Perspectives 289 9.7. Acknowledgments 290 9.8. References 290 List of Authors 305 Index 309
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change
Book SynopsisDrawing together key frameworks and disciplines that illuminate the importance of communication around climate change, this Research Handbook offers a vital knowledge base to address the urgency of conveying climate issues to a variety of audiences.International scholars survey the key disciplinary foundations of climate change communication including: climate science, audience studies, sociology, and the efficacy of diverse communication forms ranging from science communication, political communication and visual communication to film, theatre and the novel. Featuring key ideas critical to the contemporary climate discussion, such as climate denial, psychology, the use of images, journalism, campaigns, health, justice and climate change fiction, this timely Research Handbook intervenes in the global debate to offer a pathway for researchers and communicators to stimulate new methods of conceptualising and communicating climate mitigation.Presenting an in-depth exploration of climate change messaging in relation to interpretive communities, this book is crucial reading for scholars and students of media and communications, climate science and environmental studies. Its key practical insights will also benefit practitioners of climate communication and science.Trade Review'This book takes a fiercely needed leap forward to systematically improve climate change communication. We're well acquainted with intersectional challenges associated with 21st century climate change, but work remains to improve how we talk about climate change. Interdisciplinary contributions here guide productive discussions as pathways to improved engagement and action.' -- Max Boykoff, University of Colorado, Boulder, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change 1 David C Holmes THEME I COMMUNICATING CLIMATE SCIENCE 2 Introduction to communicating climate science 22 Simon Torok and Ailie JE Gallant 3 Confidence and certainty in climate science 24 Ailie JE Gallant and Sophie C Lewis 4 Communicating climate change science with different audiences 33 Simon Torok, Karen Pearce and Susan Joy Hassol THEME II CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIAL 5 Introduction to climate science denial 47 John Cook 6 Sources and amplifiers of climate change denial 49 Riley E Dunlap and Robert J Brulle 7 Deconstructing climate science denial 62 John Cook 8 Responding to climate science denial 79 Emily Vraga and Sander van der Linden THEME III THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION 9 Introduction to the psychology of climate change communication 93 Kelly S Fielding 10 The role of psychological variables in developing effective climate change message frames 95 Anna Klas and Edward JR Clarke 11 The role of social norms in communicating about climate change 106 Kelly S Fielding and Winnifred R Louis 12 Communication to change climate-related behaviour 116 Christian A Klöckner THEME IV VISUALIZING CLIMATE CHANGE 13 Introduction to visualizing climate change 127 Mike S Schäfer 14 Stakeholders’ visual representations of climate change 131 Antal Wozniak 15 News media images of climate change: reviewing the research 143 Mike S Schäfer 16 Climate change visuals: a review of their effects on cognition, emotion and behaviour 153 Julia Metag THEME V CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTING 17 Introduction to climate reporting 162 Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius 18 Climate reporting: challenges and opportunities 164 Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius 19 Reporting extreme weather events 183 James Painter and Susan Joy Hassol 20 Reporting from vulnerable countries in the Global South 196 Goretti L Nassanga and Mofizur Rhaman THEME VI CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS 21 Introduction to climate change communication campaigns 212 Lucy M Richardson 22 Climate change audience segmentation: an international review 214 Benjamin H Detenber and Sonny Rosenthal 23 Designing theory-based interventions to change behaviour effectively 230 Sebastian Bamberg and Maxie Schulte 24 Practitioner engagement with communication and behavioural science research 242 Lucy M Richardson THEME VII HEALTH COMMUNICATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE 25 Introduction to health communication of climate change 257 Anneliese Depoux 26 Communicating the public health implications of climate change 259 Melinda R Weathers, Marceleen M Mosher and Edward Maibach 27 A few points that communication on climate change could learn from the COVID-19 crisis 272 Anneliese Depoux and François Gemenne 28 Communicating the health co-benefits of climate change mitigation to households and policy makers 279 Alina Herrmann, Dorothee Amelung, Helen Fischer and Rainer Sauerborn THEME VIII CLIMATE JUSTICE COMMUNICATION 29 Introduction to climate justice communication 291 Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg 30 The importance of the matters, geographies, and mediations of justice 293 Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg 31 The unearthed and contagious logics of pluralist climate justice in the Russian Arctic 305 Dmitry Yagodin THEME IX CLIMATE CHANGE FICTION 32 Introduction to climate change fiction 317 Roman Bartosch 33 Beyond communication: climate change fiction 320 Axel Goodbody 34 Popularizing climate change: cli-fi film and narrative impact 330 Alexa Weik von Mossner 35 (In)attention to global drama: climate change plays 340 Julia Hoydis 36 Reading and teaching fictions of climate 349 Roman Bartosch Index 353
£189.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Security and the Environment
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook tackles the increasingly urgent problem of the impact of climate change on conflict and human security. It analyses the ways in which scarcity of resources leads to food, water and health insecurities, resulting in population migration. Chapters cover how these contribute globally to societal insecurity and violent conflict in a growing number of regions.Featuring contributions from leading international scholars, the Handbook is divided into thematic sections, examining first the effects of environmental scarcity on security at a macro level before delving into region-specific issues and challenges. The final section investigates the actors, institutions and processes engaged with environmental security, discussing the shifting international political discourse and how this is challenging the conservative military security paradigm.The combination of comparative global analysis alongside regionally focused studies makes this Handbook an invaluable resource for all scholars and students of environment and climate security. It will also be of interest to policy professionals working on issues of environmental scarcity and new security challenges.Trade Review‘The contributors to this edited volume seek to fill the gaps in existing knowledge on these topics, and do so in a creative and well-researched manner, making the book a reliable reference source for further studies in this field.’ -- Fatemeh Shayan, International Affairs'Swain, Öjendal and Jägerskog’s important Handbook brings new debates, new voices and new cases to the growing research literature on environment and security links and threats to human security at local, national, regional and global scale.' -- Stacy D. VanDeveer, University of Massachusetts, US'The editors rightly shine a spotlight on the human security dimensions of environment and security links in this Handbook. This more inclusive approach provides a more complete picture of the multi-layered complexity of connections, avoiding the reductionism that afflicts some treatments of these topics. This Handbook reaches beyond the usual suspects to provide in-depth analysis in a wide range of country level and issue specific chapters.' -- Geoffrey Dabelko, Ohio University, US'The Handbook of Security and the Environment offers a unique perspective on the intersection between the traditional notions of security and emerging concepts of environmental security. It effectively captures the contemporary knowledge base on environmental security and advances it considerably by exploring pragmatic and actionable steps that can enhance the prospects of enduring global peace. The nuanced analysis captures different geographical contexts and international actors, and unpacks innovations in securing environmental resources - notably food, water and energy - against global impacts of climate change, excessive resource exploitation, mass migration, volatility in food prices, and spiking water scarcity.' -- Zafar Adeel, Simon Fraser University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface and acknowledgements xiv PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction: security and the environment – the link 2 Ashok Swain, Joakim Öjendal and Anders Jägerskog PART II MACRO PROCESSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY 2 Scarcity, abundance and migration: the future of environmental security 14 James R. Lee 3 Global climate change and security threats 26 Simon Dalby 4 Global water crises and challenges for water security 40 Larry A. Swatuk 5 Climate change and (in)security in transboundary river basins 62 David Michel, Mats Eriksson and Martina Klimes 6 Revisiting freshwater abundance within the peace and conflict discourse 76 Adan E. Suazo PART III MICRO PROCESSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY 7 Environment and security in West Africa: response of the international community and the complexity on the ground 88 Mats Hårsmar 8 Mining, environmental changes and human security in South Africa 103 Sethulego Matebesi 9 Green impunity: measuring ecojustice, institutional capacities and policy design as an approach to environmental security 115 Celeste Cedillo and Juan Antonio Le Clercq 10 Climate change and security threats in Southeast Asia 132 Elliot Brennan 11 Cases and implications of environmental insecurity in Southeast Asia 149 Mely Caballero-Anthony and Margareth Sembiring 12 Environment and energy in Central Asia: challenges and prospects 162 Vakur Sümer, Dauren Aben and Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay 13 Water and environmental security in China 176 Zhijian Wang and Samuel Smith 14 Environment and security in India: a hyphenated discourse 192 Jayati Srivastava 15 Nepal: reflections on the environmental and human security debate 212 Bishnu Raj Upreti 16 Security and environment in the Middle East 228 Nadim Farajalla, Elie Dib, Olivia Macharis and Emil Kaston PART IV ACTORS AND PROCESSES ENGAGED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY 17 Climate change and the environment at the UN Security Council: towards a comprehensive approach 241 Martin Wall and Janani Vivekananda 18 Understanding and framing scarcity, sustainability and security: why and how to use the complexity lens 257 Shafiqul Islam and Enamul Choudhury 19 The environment of lasting peace: natural resources and climate change in peace negotiations 273 Barbara Magalhaes Teixeira 20 Bribery, corruption, geopolitics and investigation 290 Mark Nuttall 21 Renewable energy, security and environment 307 Huiyi Chen 22 Displaced populations, food security and frontier agriculture 320 Dorte Verner and Edinaldo Tebaldi Index
£186.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Informal Institutions in Policy Implementation:
Book SynopsisAt a time of global climate crisis, this crucial book examines the prospects for implementing low-carbon policies in the two global superpowers of China and Russia, focusing on the role of informal institutions in achieving reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Chapters shed light on how informal institutions function and work in practice, how and why they take shape and how they influence formal low-carbon policies. Forensically examining five critical cases relating to Chinese and Russian institutions, this book demonstrates how informal institutions can both support and obstruct the achievement of formal policy goals. Through comparisons within and between each country, it shows how these dynamics differ and offers key hypotheses on the role of these institutions in policy implementation. Comprehensive and incisive, this book will be important reading for scholars researching public policy in China and Russia, particularly those specialising in environmental science and politics. The practical insights derived from new case studies will also be useful for policymakers working on climate mitigation policy.Trade Review'The role of informality is essential for an understanding of public policies, especially in countries like China and Russia, where decisions are very much non-transparent, and outcomes are often unexpected. Korppoo, Stendsdal, and Korsnes masterfully analyze five cases of low carbon energy policies and convincingly explain the sources and mechanisms of their success and failure through the lenses of interactions between formal and informal institutions.' --Vladimir Gel'man, European University at St.Petersburg, Russia and University of Helsinki, Finland'This book takes a rigorous and detailed comparative perspective on the climate policies of two countries that will be essential to achieving the low-carbon transition - China and Russia. The authors delve into the formal and informal processes that shape both policy formulation and - importantly - policy implementation. The result of such an ambitious approach is fresh perspectives and findings that will be of interest to students of climate and energy politics.' --Elana Wilson Rowe, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Nord University, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Administrative-political systems and climate policies in China and Russia: a comparison 3. Theoretical framework: Formal and informal institutions in policy implementation 4. Case study I: the Shanghai emissions trading scheme pilot 5. Case study II: Domestic solar power policy in China 6. Case study III: Limitations to associated petroleum gas flaring in Russia 7. Case study IV: Energy efficiency law – energy saving companies in Russia 8. Case study V: Energy efficiency law – tax instruments in Russia 9. Discussion 10. Conclusion Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Climate Change and International
Book SynopsisThis topical Handbook explores the emergence of climate change as an international security issue, the threats it poses, and the political and academic debates it has prompted. Framing climate change as a security issue, it explores the ways relevant actors, states and international organizations have conceptualized climate security and its associated threats.Theoretically sound and empirically innovative, this Handbook explores the political implications of linking climate change and security and tackles the questions that are subsequently raised. Through a collection of international case studies, expert contributors explore a diverse range of issues emerging in the debate about climate change and security, including the problem of migration, the impact on energy security and the role of the military. Contributing to various discourses, logics, practices and constructions of climate security, the Handbook outlines how security language shapes and transforms the way climate change is governed. Ultimately, it identifies an emerging, broader reconceptualization of international security in the Anthropocene.Displaying the challenges that climate change poses in the context of existing security practices and institutions, this Handbook will be vital for policymakers looking to identify and understand threats to formulate effective countermeasures. It will also prove useful to students and scholars of security studies, international relations, climate change and energy politics, environmental politics and policy, and governance.Trade Review‘This timely volume fills an important gap in the growing literature on climate security by providing a multidisciplinary overview of the concepts of climate change and security. Blending theory, practice, and topical insights, the Handbook pulls together a range of approaches to provide baselines and methodologies for analyzing the complex and interrelated issues of climate and security.’ -- Charlotte Ku, Texas A&M University School of Law, US‘Energy security in the anthropocene; climate emergency; securitization of climate; climatization of security; climate resilience; and beyond. This welcome volume explains, and constructively furthers, the collective struggle for discourses and practices adequate to meet the enormity of the climate-related global governance challenges we face today.’ -- Shirley Scott, UNSW Canberra, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: List of contributors vii 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Climate Change and International Security 1 Maria Julia Trombetta PART I THEORETICAL APPROACHES: TRADITIONAL AND NEW PERSPECTIVES 2 National security and climate change 16 Emilian Kavalski 3 Climate change and human security: implications for international security 32 Lorraine Elliott 4 Climate change and ecological security 49 Matt McDonald 5 Climate change, security and the posthuman 63 Stephen Hobden 6 Climate change and the transformation of security: securitization and beyond 75 Maria Julia Trombetta 7 Climate change and security in the Anthropocene 94 Simon Dalby PART II ACTORS, INSTITUTIONS AND STRATEGIC CULTURES 8 United States: the dominance of national security and the climatisation of the security and defence sector 109 Franziskus von Lucke 9 Climate change and security: the case of the European Union (EU) 125 Judith Nora Hardt and Karlos Pérez de Armiño 10 Climate security with Chinese characteristics 142 Juha A. Vuori 11 India and climate security: domestic and international discourses 157 Dhanasree Jayaram 12 Climate change at the United Nations Security Council: securitization, climatization and beyond 180 Lucile Maertens and Maria Julia Trombetta 13 The United Nations Environment Programme, climate change and security: between functional necessity and practical rationality 199 Lucile Maertens PART III ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 14 Climate change and military forces 216 Michael Thomas 15 Energy technology, climate change, and security in Anthropocene 235 Maximilian Mayer and Susanne Peters 16 Climate change, global health, and international security 254 Robert L. Ostergard, Jr and Nicholas Seltzer 17 Water, energy and food security nexus approach to responding to hydrological changes driven by climate change 273 Zilin Wang and Faith Ka Shun Chan 18 Re-imagining political life: beyond the climate–security–migration nexus 293 Raffaela Puggioni and Maria Julia Trombetta 19 Climate change and gender security, implications for a HUGE security 309 Úrsula Oswald-Spring 20 A thousand prudent actions for a climate-resilient future 326 Pol Bargués 21 Conclusion: climate change and international security: between securitization and climatization 342 Maria Julia Trombetta Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy
Book SynopsisThe Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics provides a wide-ranging and in-depth assessment of current and emerging challenges facing the EU in committing to and delivering increasingly ambitious climate policy objectives. It traces the development of climate and energy policies since the early 1990s and examines their continued evolution in the context of the 2019 European Green Deal.With contributions from leading international scholars, it describes the key dynamics driving policy developments and the role of key actors in climate and energy-related policy processes. Covering topics that have previously been relatively neglected, or have recently gained greater significance, such as finance and investment, ‘hard to abate’ sectors and negative emissions, this timely Handbook offers an up-to-date and unrivalled exploration of the complexities of climate policymaking.It will be of primary interest to academics researching EU politics, and environmental politics, policy, regulation and governance more widely. It will be especially pertinent to students and researchers who require more specialized knowledge of EU climate policy and politics.Trade Review‘A comprehensive explanation of the development, strengths and weaknesses of the EU’s policies related to climate change. A highly commendable book covering extensive research for those interested in the climate and energy transition, political science around the EU and the EU’s contribution to the world’s collective well-being. The deep dives into different institutions and policy areas are full of insights. These highly qualified authors pass judgement on the last 30 years of the EU’s climate policymaking and the intricacies behind them. Well worth a read.’ -- Peter Vis, European University Institute, Italy‘From the origins of EU climate change leadership, through the main institutions, political dynamics and policy instruments and goals, this impressive collection helps us to better understand the accomplishments, barriers and challenges for EU climate leadership in our increasingly uncertain and dangerous era.’ -- Stacy D. VanDeveer, University of Massachusetts Boston, US‘The volume is an authoritative resource for researchers and students as well as practitioners engaged in climate governance. The editors have excelled in producing a comprehensive review of, and refreshed insight into, the most important research themes, delivered by an exciting mix of established and bright young scholars.’ -- Jale Tosun, Heidelberg University, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface xvii Acknowledgements xx List of abbreviations xxi 1 The global importance of EU climate policy: an introduction 1 Tim Rayner, Kacper Szulecki, Andrew J. Jordan and Sebastian Oberthür PART I MAIN ACTORS AND INSTITUTIONS 2 The European Commission: a climate policy entrepreneur 23 Alexander Bürgin 3 The European Council, Council and Member States: jostling for influence 38 Rüdiger K. W. Wurzel, Maurizio Di Lullo and Duncan Liefferink 4 The European Parliament: a strong internal actor with external ambitions 53 Franziska Petri, Veronika Zapletalová and Katja Biedenkopf 5 The European Investment Bank: the EU’s climate bank? 68 Daniel Mertens and Matthias Thiemann 6 Business and private finance: their role in the EU’s climate transition 83 Sandra Eckert 7 Environmental and climate activism and advocacy in the EU 98 Louisa Parks, Donatella della Porta and Martín Portos 8 Cities in EU multilevel climate policy: governance capacities, spatial approaches and upscaling of local experiments 113 Kristine Kern 9 The role of the courts in EU climate policy 129 Marcin Stoczkiewicz PART II CORE DYNAMICS SHAPING EU POLICY 10 Global dimensions of EU climate, energy and transport policies 144 John Vogle 11 Climate, ecological and energy security challenges facing the EU: new and old dynamics 158 Richard Youngs and Olivia Lazard 12 Green growth and competitiveness in EU climate policy: paradigm shift or ‘plus de la même chose’? 173 Oscar Fitch-Roy and Ian Bailey 13 EU Climate leadership: domestic and global dimensions 187 Paul Tobin, Diarmuid Torney and Katja Biedenkopf PART III POLICY INSTRUMENTS AND MODES OF GOVERNANCE 14 Instruments and modes of governance in EU climate and energy policy: from energy union to the European Green Deal 202 Michèle Knodt 15 Targets, timetables and effort sharing as governance tools: emergence, scope and ambition 216 Seita Romppanen 16 Proactive prevention of carbon leakage? The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism 231 Jørgen Wettestad 17 Climate policy integration and climate mainstreaming in the EU budget 246 Katharina Rietig and Claire Dupont 18 Governing EU low-carbon innovation: from Strategic Energy Technology Plan to European Green Deal 259 Jon Birger Skjærseth and Per Ove Eikeland PART IV BARRIERS TO MORE AMBITIOUS ACTION IN PARTICULAR SECTORS 19 Agricultural emissions: a case of limited potential or limited ambition? 275 Alan Matthews 20 Energy-intensive industries in the EU: overcoming barriers to transition? 289 Tomas Wyns and Gauri Khandekar 21 Transport: evolving EU policy towards a ‘hard-to-abate’ sector 305 Helene Dyrhauge and Tim Rayner PART V NEW AND ONGOING CHALLENGES 22 Carbon dioxide removal: climbing up the EU climate policy agenda 322 Felix Schenuit and Oliver Geden 23 Brexit: weighing its implications for EU and UK climate governance 337 Brendan Moore 24 Green recovery: catalyst for an enhanced EU role in climate and energy policy? 351 Rainer Quitzow, Germán Bersalli, Johan Lilliestam and Andrea Prontera 25 Climate protection versus trade: dilemmas for the EU 367 Natalie Dobson PART VI CONCLUSION 26 The EU: towards adequate, coherent and coordinated climate action? 383 Tim Rayner, Kacper Szulecki, Andrew J. Jordan and Sebastian Oberthür Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Transforming Energy Systems: Economics, Policies
Book SynopsisRecognizing the urgent need to transform energy systems to low-carbon alternatives, this timely book offers evidenced and credible ways to accelerate actions towards meeting the Paris Agreement goals and achieving net zero emissions. Steven Fries analyses through the lens of government, business and household actions—their policies and investments—the systemic changes needed to eliminate net carbon dioxide emissions from energy.Fries explores how advancing low-carbon alternatives could maintain current economic activities while halting climate impacts. But his analysis of accumulating evidence on transforming energy shows how multiple market imperfections hold back alternatives. To overcome these barriers, the book develops heterodox energy reform strategies and ways to coordinate actions across countries, recognizing differences in their specializations and renewable resources. Going beyond orthodox economics, it sets out the role for supporting deployment of low-carbon alternatives in initial markets, calibrating emissions pricing to net zero emission goals, and adapting institutions and infrastructures to low-carbon alternatives. It also signposts policy sequencing and differentiation across sectors and countries.Providing comprehensive energy policy assessments and sound reform strategies, this book will be essential reading for government policymakers and business investors. Its rigorous approach to systemic change also makes it a valuable reference for energy economics and environmental economics scholars.Trade Review‘The world economy must transform fundamentally in the next three decades if we are to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change; we must go to net zero emissions. Radical change in the energy systems will be at the core. This book examines what is involved in, and required, for such unprecedented transformation. It brings great wisdom, knowledge, judgement and analytical strength to a complicated but vital problem. It is based on experience at the highest levels in government, business and finance. It marshals an understanding of systems, policies and markets, with all their imperfections and power, in a very effective and illuminating way. This is a deep, thoughtful and important book; an outstanding contribution.' -- Lord Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics, UK‘Reaching net zero requires transformational change, fast. Steven Fries, who has fought on the front line of climate and energy issues for decades, argues for a “heterodox policy mix”, with governments stepping up their industrial policy. This book offers valuable insight into the changes necessary to get to net zero.’ -- Cameron Hepburn, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to Transforming Energy Systems PART I MODERNITY, THE CLIMATE AND NET ZERO EMISSIONS 1. Energy capture and modernity 2. Useful energy and the climate 3. Net zero emissions and low-carbon alternatives PART II ADVANCING AND GUIDING LOW-CARBON ALTERNATIVES 4. Supporting innovation and early deployment of low-carbon alternatives 5. Calibrating emissions pricing 6. Adapting energy-market designs and infrastructures 7. Making better use of energy and materials PART III ENERGY-REFORM INTERESTS AND STRATEGIES 8. Interests in low-carbon technologies and renewable resources 9. Accelerating change References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Climate Change Adaptation
Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised Research Handbook on Climate Change Adaptation Law brings together leading scholars in the field to summarise and assess key topics including tort and insurance law, disaster law, water law and marine law as well as biodiversity law and pollution control. Providing a comprehensive review of new challenges faced as a result of a changing climate, this Second Edition considers the adaptation necessary to address the ongoing impacts from the warming of the Earth’s atmosphere at international, regional and domestic levels. It also analyses the legal instruments that go beyond helping societies to adapt to the changing climate, and assist in compensating victims of climate change damage. Chapters suggest forward-thinking approaches for how future policies and laws could help to create more climate resilient and stable societies, and offer a new insight into how climate change can affect both the local and international dimensions of security. With its transnational and multilevel approach, this Research Handbook is an essential resource for academics in the field of climate change policy and law as well as policy makers, NGOs and other government officials working in the field of climate change.Trade Review‘With this second edition of the Research Handbook on Climate Change Adaptation Law, Jonathan Verschuuren and colleagues offer the necessary legal tools for the indispensable legal framework countries need to adapt to climate change. It was, is and remains the definitive text on climate change adaptation law for the coming years.’ -- Kurt Deketelaere, KU Leuven, Belgium and University of Helsinki, Finland‘The significantly updated second edition of this Research Handbook remains an indispensable resource on this important topic. It brings together leading experts on adaptation to consider a long list of key sectors and on critical cross-cutting issues, such as climate justice, displacement, and compensation. It does so at a level that is meaningful and insightful, without getting lost in the subtleties of the diverse legal systems challenged to deal with adaptation.’ -- Meinhard Doelle, Dalhousie University, Canada‘This is a very significant book dealing with climate change adaptation law, especially since under the Paris Agreement national and local adaptation planning is becoming more mainstream. The great value of this book is that it encompasses climate change adaptation in a holistic manner dealing with the following fields, which are affected by climate change and extreme weather conditions: tort law, property law, insurance law, disaster law, water law, marine law, planning law, biodiversity law, building and construction law, environmental law, migration law, agricultural law, and energy law. This book presents the most complete analysis of the problem of climate change adaptation and is a very important recent contribution to general knowledge concerning climate change.’ -- Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii 1 Introduction to climate change adaptation 1 Jonathan Verschuuren 2 Climate change adaptation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and related documents 14 Jonathan Verschuuren 3 Adaptation, loss and damage and climate justice 30 Rosemary Lyster 4 Climate change-induced displacement, migration and international law 67 Nicola Jägers 5 Climate change adaptation and compensation 104 Michael Faure 6 Climate change adaptation and disaster law 134 Dewald van Niekerk 7 Climate change adaptation and public health law 157 Lindsay F. Wiley 8 Climate change adaptation and agricultural and forestry law 197 Robert W. Adler 9 Climate change adaptation and water law 233 Jonathan Verschuuren 10 Climate change adaptation in marine and coastal areas and international law 253 Tim Stephens 11 Climate change adaptation and biodiversity law 274 Arie Trouwborst 12 Climate change adaptation and land use law 298 Keith H Hirokawa, Jonathan Rosenbloom and Michelle Zaludek 13 Climate change adaptation and green building 330 Tuula Honkonen and Seita Romppanen 14 Climate change adaptation and environmental and pollution control law 349 Jonathan Verschuuren 15 Climate-induced disasters and electricity infrastructure 356 Rosemary Lyster, Daniel A. Farber and Robert M. Verchick 16 Security dimensions of climate change adaptation 390 Sophie Pieternel de Bruin Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Climate Change and Disasters
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook assesses the escalation of global natural disasters as a result of climate change. Examining the complex interplay of human and natural activities, it highlights the growing vulnerability of people and communities in developing countries to floods, landslides, cyclones, heat waves and wildfires. The Handbook opens with a global framework analysis, outlining the implications of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction. International contributors address the roles of stakeholders in mitigating climate hazards, as well as offer detailed analysis of cross-cutting issues, including poverty, health, education and gender. Concluding chapters address the future of climate change mitigation and disaster protection, exploring the growing role of emerging technologies in disaster resilience and sustainable development. Bringing together cutting-edge research from renowned global scholars and professionals, this Handbook offers key insights for researchers and students of environmental studies and development studies, particularly those focusing on natural disasters and climate technologies. The empirical data and case analysis will also benefit practitioners, professionals and policymakers working in climate risk relief.Table of ContentsContents: Preface xiv PART I OVERVIEW AND GLOBAL FRAMEWORKS 1 Concepts and recent developments on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction 2 Rajib Shaw 2 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its implications to risk reduction 6 Yulida Safitri, Bismark Adu-Gyamfi, and Rajib Shaw 3 Paris Agreement and its implications to disaster risk reduction 19 Dwi Putri Agustianingsih, Ariyaningsih, Vibhas Sukhwani and Rajib Shaw 4 Sendai Framework and its implementation 30 Reni Diah Ningsih, Ariyaningsih, Vibhas Sukhwani and Rajib Shaw PART II CLIMATE RELATED HAZARD AND STATE OF ART KNOWLEDGE 5 Climate change and flood risk reduction measures 43 Mikio Ishiwatari 6 Climate change and landslide risk reduction 56 Basanta Raj Adhikari, Sanjaya Devkota and Rocky Talchabhadel 7 Climate change and cyclone risk reduction 64 Imon Chowdhooree and Fuad Hassan Mallick 8 Climate change and drought risk reduction 80 Mostafa Jafari 9 Climate change, heat wave and health impacts 88 Ariyaningsih, Vibhas Sukhwani, Bismark Adu-Gyamfi and Rajib Shaw 10 Wildfire risk management under climate change 99 Adriana Keating and John Handmer 11 GLOF and climate change 114 Fareeha Siddique, Atta-ur Rahman and Rajib Shaw PART III STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT 12 Private sector roles in climate change adaptation 122 Satoka Shimizu and Rajib Shaw 13 Science, technology, innovation and climate change adaptation 132 Muhammed Sulfikkar Ahamed, Ambika Dabral, Ranit Chatterjee and Rajib Shaw 14 Role of non-government organizations in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction 144 Takeshi Komino 15 Reviewing the media’s climate change beat 154 Suvendrini Kakuchi and Rajib Shaw 16 Role of youth and young professionals in climate change and disaster risk reduction 161 Pradip Khatiwada 17 Local government roles in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction 172 Kendra Hirata PART IV CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES 18 Adaptation governance 183 Sanjay Chaturvedi 19 Urban–rural transect and ecosystem perspectives for mitigating landscape scale disasters: lessons from Visakhapatnam, India 199 Sameer M. Deshkar and Payal Suneja 20 Urban vulnerability and resilience in the face of natural hazards: a critical conceptual review 214 Md. Nazirul Islam Sarker, Md. Lamiur Raihan, Gulsan Ara Parvin, Babul Hossain, G.M. Monirul Alam and Tahmina Chumky 21 Gender, inclusion, climate change and disasters 231 Dilruba Haider and Rukhsar Sultana 22 Ecosystem-based risk reduction in policy and practice 249 Noralene Uy, Chris Tapnio and Arjay Dineros 23 Prospects of climigration for the Pacific Islands 268 Ebony Louise Hogg and Akhilesh Surjan 24 Post-disaster recovery trajectories in Nagapattinam and Kuttanad regions of India: how representations of communities shape their recovery outcomes 280 Jasmitha Arvind, Nihal Ranjit and Mythili Madhavan 25 Housing and post-disaster recovery 293 Iftekhar Ahmed 26 Climate and disaster risk reduction education 322 Aiko Sakurai, Yoshiyuki Murayama, Takeshi Sato and Takashi Oda 27 Community-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation 330 Zenaida D. Willison, Loreine B. de la Cruz and Mayfourth D. Luneta 28 Microfinance and climate change: Global and Bangladesh perspectives 353 Gulsan Ara Parvin, Md. Shamim Istiak, Md. Lamiur Raihan, Tahmina Chumky, Kazi Farzana Shumi and Mrittika Basu 29 Supply chain management, disaster and climate change 369 Arunabh Mitra and Rohit Chaurasia 30 Education sector interventions for sustainable society through climate change adaptation and disaster resilience 381 Indrajit Pal, Joyashree Roy, Anushree Pal and Sheikh Tawhid Islam 31 Health, climate change and disaster risks 392 Emily Ying Yang Chan, Sida Liu, Chi Shing Wong and Rajib Shaw 32 Climate-resilient agricultural practices in Bangladesh 407 Tahsina Sharmin Hoque, Israt Jahan and Md. Anwarul Abedin 33 Sea level change and the livelihood security of coastal communities in Tamil Nadu, Peninsular India 432 P. Thamizoli and R. Rengalakshmi 34 Disaster nursing and adaptation to climate change 453 Archana Shrestha Joshi, Hastoro Dwinantoaji, Sakiko Kanbara, and Hasti Widyasamratri 35 Integrating disaster and climate change in risk sensitive land use planning 462 Chandra Hada and Rajib Shaw 36 Recovery: the role of children in recovery processes and disaster risk reduction – the case of the South-Indian floods in 2015 470 Samuel Lloyd Brown, Ramasamy R. Krishnamurthy and Jonas Joerin 37 5-Dimensional climate+scenario model to countermeasure urban heat island effect 489 Parisa Kloss and Mojtaba Samimi 38 Mountain ecosystems and climate change 500 Himangana Gupta and Rajib Shaw 39 Decadal assessment of mangroves of the Sundarban region under changing climate in Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna (GBM) delta 514 Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Niloy Pramanick, Abhra Chanda, Sourav Das, Jyotiskona Barik and Tuhin Ghosh 40 Impact-based risk forecasting and hydro-meteorological disasters 525 Devashree Niraula PART V EMERGING ISSUES AND INNOVATION 41 The path to urban sustainability with technology: the case of a Japanese smart town 538 Mihoko Sakurai 42 International coalitions for climate and disaster resilient infrastructure 547 Vikrant Panwar, Sameer Pethe and Rajib Shaw 43 An integrated governance approach towards a water–energy–food nexus and climate change 562 Vibhas Sukhwani and Rajib Shaw 44 Climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive aquaculture in Odisha, India: a new horizon in sustainability, adaptation, and mitigation 574 S.K. Dubey, A.P. Padiyar, N. Shenoy, A. Gaikawd, B. Mohanty, B.K. Baliarsingh, S. Dutta, B.C. Ratha, B. Sethi, M. Pal, D. Bhanja and S. Acharya 45 Society 5.0 and inclusive resilience 594 Andrew DeWit and Rajib Shaw 46 New emergency communications: implication to climate hazards 605 Tamal Mondal, Krishnandu Hazra, Praveen Kumar Sharma, Partha Sarathi Paul, Ratna Mandal, Subrata Nandi and Sujoy Saha 47 Risk communication: analytical perspective from the lens of science, COVID-19 and climate change 625 Kat Boehringer and Akhilesh Surjan 48 COVID-19, transportation and climate change 638 Karl Kim 49 Network governance for implementing the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 648 Naim Kapucu and Olga Pysmenna 50 Situational awareness for all: from sensing to collaboration using real-time communication in cities affected by climate change 663 Aditya Barve, Miho Mazereeuw and Mayank Ojha Index 676
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Personal Sustainability Practices: Faculty
Book SynopsisPersonal Sustainability Practices is a collection of 19 academic and practitioner perspectives on the topic of faculty personal sustainability. The book addresses the issues of whether, how, where, and when faculty who teach, research, consult, and perform academic and community service are, or need to be, practicing and communicating their own sustainability behaviors to students and other stakeholders. The contributors represent multiple countries, disciplines, academic levels and affiliations, and orientations on those issues and on the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to their personal sustainability practices. The chapter contributions highlight the several main concepts of systems, internal and external integration, curriculum development, and social movements. The key takeaway is that many sustainability scholars are practicing and communicating a wide variety of sustainability actions but that greater consistency and frequency among faculty sustainability values, expression, and actions are generally possible and necessary, and that further exploration of this overall topic is encouraged.Current faculty and doctoral students in the field of environmental or socio-economic sustainability, as well as business, government and nonprofit organization executives who interact with said faculty, will be inspired by the examination of values and personal practices.Trade Review‘This book on personal sustainability is a unique and urgently needed volume for advancing sustainable development. As faculty, we disparage companies and managers, but seldom do we turn our scrutiny inward and focus on our own personal commitment and conduct. This is a unique and most inspiring volume and I enthusiastically recommend it.’ -- Archie B. Carroll, Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia, US, co-author of forthcoming Business & Society: Ethics, Sustainability & Stakeholder Management, 11th EditionTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Personal Sustainability Practices 1 Mark Starik and Patricia Kanashiro 2 Why focus on faculty personal sustainability? 13 Mark Starik, Patricia Kanashiro, and Gordon Rands PART I SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES IN ACTION 3 Design for the experience: a more sustainable future 22 Robert Sroufe 4 Teaching complex adaptive systems through multiple spheres of influence 34 Bernadette Roche 5 If everything is connected, where do you begin? 45 Jimmy Y. Jia and Rick Dickinson 6 Creating connections for progress toward sustainability 57 Kevin D. Carlson and John H. Grant 7 Cultivating the ecological imagination 69 Billy Friebele PART II INTERNAL/EXTERNAL INTEGRATION (VALUES TO ACTION) 8 Spanning a sustainability career: challenges, changes, and commitment – an interview with Dr. Paul Shrivastava 82 Shelley F. Mitchell 9 Living and communicating personal sustainability 93 Amy K. Townsend 10 Sustainability-oriented management education as personal practice and a “kit” for managers beyond the era of business as usual 103 Ralph Meima 11 Learning to think like a city: connecting civic activism with the classroom and the curriculum 114 Bruce Paton 12 What do you value? How valuing time leads to deeper environmental engagement 124 Thomas E. Stone 13 The story of a sustainability cabin: Muir vs. Pinchot 135 Van V. Miller PART III CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION 14 An ecocentric radically reflexive approach to walking the “Earth System talk” in sustainability education 148 Melissa Edwards and Wendy Stubbs 15 Does business ethics always have to be reactive? 161 Mark Heuer 16 Students in action: faculty encouraging outreach and involvement 172 Gary Cocke, Joanna Gentsch, William E. Hefley, and Carolyn Reichert 17 Student sustainability knowledge gained from classroom and field experience 183 Dave Nelson and George Ionescu PART IV FACULTY PERSONAL SUSTAINABILITY AS SOCIAL MOVEMENT 18 The power of faculty sustainability practices helping businesses drive social change: an interview with Jessica Yinka Thomas 196 Patricia Kanashiro 19 From personal to professional: a reflective account of academics engaging with sustainability 205 Louise Obara, Te Klangboonkrong, Gary Chapman, and Regina Frank 20 OS4Future: an academic advocacy movement for our future 217 Giuseppe Delmestri, Helen Etchanchu, Joel Bothello, Stefanie Habersang, Gabriela Gutierrez Huerter O, and Elke Schuessler 21 The tie that binds: how economic literacy is a foundation for sustainability 229 Madhavi Venkatesan Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Including Consumption in Emissions Trading:
Book SynopsisThis timely book addresses the need for further measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, arguing that the EU Emissions Trading Scheme does not offer sufficient incentives for the carbon-intensive materials sector. It highlights the challenge that emissions from industries such as iron and steel, cement and aluminium, amongst others, pose to the EU's commitment to significantly cut emissions by 2030.Offering an in-depth review from an economic and legal perspective, Manuel Haussner explores these carbon-intensive sectors and their contribution to current emissions, and provides insightful suggestions on how a consumption-based carbon charge would create incentives for deep decarbonisation. He demonstrates how the design of such a charge would comply with the EU's obligations and WTO's legal requirements, and illustrates how such a charge would be drafted, providing guidance on administering carbon taxation and analysing carbon charges alongside the EU recommended portfolio of policy instruments.This thought-provoking book will be an essential read for all policymakers, consultants and practitioners working in environmental law and policy in the EU. It will also be valuable to scholars working at the intersections of economics and environmental and energy law.Trade Review'How can carbon pricing guide industry towards climate neutrality while avoiding carbon leakage risks? Manuel Haussner shows that including the consumption of basic materials into the Emission trading system offers a viable solution, which is now being discussed across Europe. The book analysis in detailed WTO and administrative feasibility and makes the case for a legal basis as part of the EU Emission Trading Directive. This well presented analysis is a must read for everyone that wants to understand the reality of policy instruments at the interface between trade and climate change.' -- Karsten Neuhoff, German Institute for Economic Research, Germany'This book is an essential read for everyone interested in the EU's carbon pricing policy. The book offers insight into the economic rationale and the design of a consumption charge on carbon-intensive materials. It also highlights the legal challenges surrounding the adoption of such a charge by the EU. This is an extremely relevant topic, which will remain high on the political agenda in the coming years, considering the Commission's Green Deal and its proposal for a carbon border adjustment mechanism.' -- Alice Pirlot, University of Oxford, UK'As the European Union has committed to becoming the first climate-neutral continent, carbon border adjustment measures have moved to the forefront of the political agenda. The questions of what form such measures should take and how to implement them require urgent answers. In his thoroughly researched book, Manuel Haussner draws on insights from both law and economics to develop an innovative approach offering feasible answers to both questions. This timely book should therefore be read by policymakers and practitioners alike.' -- Roland Ismer, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR A CONSUMPTION CHARGE, DESIGN ISSUES AND ECONOMIC IMPACT 2. The economic case for a consumption charge on carbon-intensive materials 3. Design issues for a consumption charge and economic impact PART II THE LEGAL BASIS AND DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IOC CHARGE UNDER EU LAW 4. Incentivising consumption efficiency: a matter of environmental policy 5. Article 192(1) TFEU vs Article 192(2) TFEU PART III THE IOC CHARGE AND WORLD TRADE LAW 6. The compatibility of the IoC charge with world trade law PART IV PRACTICAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE IOC CHARGE 7. The administration of the IoC charge 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Modern Guide to Knowledge: From Knowledge
Book SynopsisOutlining an integrative theory of knowledge, Francisco Javier Carrillo explores how to understand the underlying behavioural basis of the knowledge economy and society. Chapters highlight the notion that unless a knowledge-based value creation and distribution paradigm is globally adopted, the possibilities for integration between a sustainable biosphere and a viable economy are small.This Modern Guide provides an overview of where we are regarding the knowledge economy and society, how its current form took shape and how our understanding has evolved, from the grounds of the philosophy of knowledge, to include the current branches of the sciences of knowledge. Carrillo further examines the challenges of the Anthropocene and how modern knowledge systems might need to change radically to meet them. The Modern Guide then moves to focus on the integration of epistemic, theoretical, technical and political developments in several fields of knowledge-related aspects of economy and society to offer a more integrated view.>Multidisciplinary and thorough, this will be an interesting read for scholars of knowledge, society and the environment, as well as students looking at ways to re-evaluate knowledge more broadly. Policymakers and governmental analysts will also benefit from the discussing of the unviability of our current economic culture and the potential options for the future.Trade Review‘Francisco Javier Carrillo tackles the most existential challenge of our time, the need for an environmentally viable economic system. He provides a sound and hopeful answer based on unlocking the potential and value of knowledge. Carrillo does this with his characteristic wisdom, clarity and poeticism. His book delivers richly on his own call for action to advance knowledge about ourselves in the world.’ -- Velina Petrova, Knowledge for Impact Director, Oxfam International, US‘If we know that we are doing things that will imperil future generations, yet fail to change our behaviour, then what good is knowledge? The author proposes that the solution to humanity’s ecological quandary must entail a re-assessment of what kinds of knowledge are important – in other words, how knowledge is valued. This is a thoughtful book about thinking, informed by the author’s carefully examined ethical principles. It offers an example of the kind of thinking that is essential if organized human society is to survive past this century.’ -- Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute, US and author, Power: Limits and Prospects for Human SurvivalTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: two tables, two chairs, many worlds 1. Knowledge on knowledge 2. A crisis of identity in economics 3. An economy of what matters 4. Knowledge-based value systems 5. Knowledge markets and visible hands 6. Knowledge-based life 7. Knowledge societies: power, justice and governance 8. Knowledge-based development 9. The Anthropocene turn in human civilizations 10. A matter of knowledge or death Appendix References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment
Book SynopsisReviewing over 50 years of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) policy-making and implementation around the world, this thought-provoking Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the current research surrounding EIA. Presenting new trends in law and policy-making, it highlights best practices in the application of technology to impact prediction and management, procedural efficiency, decision-making and public participation. In addition to explaining the practicalities of the EIA process, chapters delve deep into EIA’s decision-making stages and methods, revealing the causes of, and solutions to, recurrent issues. Contributions from leading scholars analyse case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and North and South America to provide a truly global picture of EIA implementation. Critically examining the laws, policies and procedures involved in these case studies, this Handbook concludes by highlighting new ideas, trends and methods in the field. With a global scope, the illustrative case studies and critical evaluations will prove a useful resource for students and scholars of environmental and management studies and law. Exploring how to implement best practices, it will prove invaluable to EIA practitioners, including consultants, developers and regulators, offering inspiration and guidance for policy reforms.Trade Review‘Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment provides the reader with an overview of EIA in many countries. The research is literature-based. As in many books which are multi-authored, the chapters vary in terms of the style of writing and readability. The various authors are non-lawyers. They provide a broad and non-legalistic approach to environmental assessment, over a wide range of areas. The book will prove a valuable research tool to those wishing to explore environmental assessment globally, beyond the confines of project regulation.’ -- Francis McManus, Scottish Planning and Environmental Law‘This Handbook marks 50 years of Environmental Impact Assessment practice, addressing contemporary issues in an innovative and engaging manner. It captures the state of the art provided by a diverse group of theorists and practitioners drawn from all around the world, before outlining possible directions for the next 50 years.’ -- Angus Morrison-Saunders, Edith Cowan University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: PART I CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS AND EVOLVING ROLES 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment 2 Alberto Fonseca 2 NEPA in the United States: death by extremism or redesign of a more useful tool? 28 Michael R. Greenberg and Stuart Shapiro 3 Impact assessment in the post-COVID-19 world: the growing role of health impact assessment 47 Mirko S. Winkler, Adithya Pradyumna, Francesca Viliani and Astrid M. Knoblauch 4 Integrated impact assessment: coming out of the shadows? 66 Richard K. Morgan PART II STAGES AND METHODS 5 Influence of EIA on project planning and design: exploring the gap between best and actual practice 86 Claire Gronow 6 The theory and practice of scoping: delivering proportionate EIA reports 111 Urmila Jha-Thakur, Fatemeh Khosravi and David Hoare 7 The benefits and perils of digital and automated technologies: impact assessment methods in the fourth industrial revolution 126 Alberto Fonseca 8 A new agenda for significance determination in EIA: promoting community-based determination processes to counterbalance technocratic approaches 146 Sara Bjørn Aaen, Ivar Lyhne and Helle Nedergaard Nielsen 9 Artificial intelligence solutions for environmental and social impact assessments 163 Atiyah Curmally, Blaise W. Sandwidi and Aditi Jagtiani 10 Mitigating climate change through impact assessments: critical reflections from Canadian policy reform 178 Karine Péloffy, Nicholas Zrinyi and Rosa Galvez 11 Follow-up: post-decision learning in EIA 198 John Glasson PART III IMPROVING GOVERNANCE AND DECISION-MAKING 12 Uncertainty in EIA 220 Sanne Vammen Larsen 13 Trade-offs in impact assessment design and implementation 233 Robert B. Gibson and Alberto Fonseca 14 Heuristics and bias in assessing the social impacts of energy projects 258 Douglas L. Bessette 15 Rightful resistance and activism through EIAs in Chile 270 Rajiv Maher and Diego Gálvez Pino 16 Indigenous Peoples and impact assessment 285 Philippe Hanna, Cássio Ingles de Sousa and Tumanako Fa’aui 17 Trends in EIA effectiveness research 303 John J. Loomis and Mauricio Dziedzic PART IV GLOBAL PRACTICE 18 EIA best practice in Africa 320 Luke Sandham, Francois Retief and Reece Alberts 19 EIA in Finland: the influence of international norms on the founding and evolution of national impact assessment systems 337 Timo Koivurova, Katri-Maaria Kyllönen and Krittika Singh 20 EIA in Canada: strengthening follow-up, monitoring and evaluation 352 Patricia Fitzpatrick and J. Byron Williams 21 EIA in Japan: the benefits of early public participation 366 Tetsuya Kamijo 22 Environmental impact assessment in Brazil: a review of its rise (and fall?) 383 Luis E. Sánchez and Carla Grigoletto Duarte 23 EIA in China: evolution and challenges 404 He Xu, Yiting Yang, Huanzhi Wang and Xueyan Guo PART V LOOKING FORWARD 24 The importance of leadership in impact assessment 423 Ross Marshall and Maria Partidário 25 Epilogue (The future of impact prediction: what to expect from EIA in the next 50 years?) 441 Alberto Fonseca Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Climate Change and Technology
Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook presents the latest knowledge on technological innovation for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Looking beyond technical fixes, it further draws on economics, politics and sociology to explore how modern technology can contribute to effective and socially just sustainability transitions.Examining cutting-edge research on energy, transport and industry, this Handbook argues that we have the technologies and policy instruments needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change. However, for larger-scale implementation the support at the socio-economic and political levels has to be increased. Chapters further analyse the role that technology plays in key sectors, such as agriculture and forestry, in order to become more sustainable. Contributors also reflect on the position of technology in society, illustrating the wider socio-technical systems that determine the impact that new technologies can have. They call for the political will to implement and scale up technological measures to address climate change across the world.The Handbook on Climate Change and Technology will be essential reading for academics and students of climate change, energy, sustainability and environmental governance and regulation. It will also be an invaluable resource for practitioners and policymakers seeking a deeper understanding of the role of technology in sustainability transitions.Trade Review‘This book is a goldmine for practitioners and researchers in the field of climate change and technology. The depth and breadth of this book is second to none, bringing together contributions from top technology experts across key domains of climate change mitigation.’ -- Rasmus Lema, Maastricht University, the Netherlands‘A tour de force in terms of ambition, scope, and execution. The Handbook covers it all, from climate mitigation and adaptation to the supreme importance of looking beyond technology to avert climate disaster. It’s crammed not only with deep expert knowledge across more than 30 chapters from some of the world’s top thinkers, it is written and presented in impressive clarity and style. It’s moved into front place on my bookshelf.’ -- Benjamin K. Sovacool, Boston University, US‘Technology is the key to climate change mitigation and adaptation in these challenging times. The timely launch of the Handbook on Climate Change and Technology enables us to discover the wide range of technologies today to meet the Paris Agreement goals. A must-read for all who are interested in the impacts of climate change and how to make the world a better place to live in.’ -- May Tan-Mullins, James Cook University, SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: PART I TECHNOLOGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION I.1 INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction: how technology and climate change mitigation became intertwined 2 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd 2 Implementing 100% renewable energy to decarbonise emission pathways 16 Mark Diesendorf I.2 ENERGY 3 Wind energy for mitigating global climate change 35 Lennart Söder 4 Solar photovoltaic technologies for mitigating global climate change 58 Michelle Vaqueiro Contreras, Jianjun Li, Moonyong Kim and Martin A. Green 5 Hydropower, climate change and sustainable energy transitions 82 Giuseppina Siciliano 6 The role of bioenergy, biofuels and biogas in mitigating global climate change 103 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd 7 Carbon dioxide removal and bioenergy carbon capture and storage 116 Fabian Levihn 8 The role of hydrogen in mitigating global climate change 134 Daniele Silvestro, Peder Zandén Kjellén, Nikhilesh Dharmala, Shveta Soam and Karl Hillman 9 Improving energy efficiency of buildings 163 Fredrik von Malmborg, Martin Björklund and Patrik Rohdin I.3 TRANSPORT 10 Transition towards more efficient road transports: insights from mobility analytics 180 Anna Danielsson, David Gundlegård, Clas Rydergren and Nikolaos Tsanakas 11 Sustainable energy transitions in aviation 196 Frauke Urban, Johan Nordensvärd and Aneta Kulanovic 12 Sustainable energy transitions in maritime shipping: a global perspective 205 Fumi Harahap, Mahrokh Samavati and Anissa Nurdiawati I.4 INDUSTRY 13 Circular economy for energy-intensive industries 228 Andreas Feldmann 14 Decarbonizing energy-intensive industries: the case of the steel sector 237 Frauke Urban I.5 CITIES AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 15 Cities and climate-resilient development 247 Jason Alexandra 16 The potential and limitations of heat pumps to mitigate climate change in the built environment 261 Chang Su I.6 GRIDS, BATTERIES AND DIGITALISATION 17 The flexible grid infrastructure enabling power grid evolution and decarbonization 274 Lina Bertling Tjernberg and Hamza Shafique 18 Vehicle and stationary batteries for a sustainable future: recent developments and challenges around second-life applications and recycling 291 Tarun Kumar Agrawal and Patricia van Loon 19 Digitalization of the EU electricity system: the challenge of a just energy transition 302 Irene A. Niet, Romy Dekker, Luc F.M. van Summeren, Eef Masson, Anna J. Wieczorek, Frank C.A. Veraart and Rinie C. van Est PART II TECHNOLOGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION II.1 AGRICULTURE 20 Agricultural innovation and climate change adaptation: a framework for analysis 323 Lars Otto Naess, John Thompson and Bridget Allen-O’Neil 21 Climate change, policy processes and local vulnerability 336 Catherine Doe Adodoadji-Dogbe and Frauke Urban II.2 FORESTRY 22 Forest management planning technologies in the light of climate change 353 Pete Bettinger, Alba Rocio Gutierrez Garzon, Krista Merry, Angela Tsao, Volkan Bektas, Taeyoon Lee, Joshua Uzu and Jacek Siry II.3 FISHING AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS 23 Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in coastal fishing communities 371 Catherine Doe Adodoadji-Dogbe and Frauke Urban II.4 DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT 24 Disaster risk reduction, disaster risk management and climate change adaptation 388 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd PART III BEYOND TECHNICAL FIXES FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 25 Future directions for sustainability transitions research 403 Jonathan Köhler 26 Justice in low-carbon transitions: energy justice, just transitions and utility-scale wind power 413 Adolfo Mejía-Montero and Kirsten E. H. Jenkins 27 Gender and climate justice 434 Jennie C. Stephens 28 The role of energy and climate policy in mitigating global climate change 444 Johan Nordensvärd and Frauke Urban 29 The economics of climate change: a review 462 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd 30 The economics of mitigating climate change: a critical review of modeling approaches 482 Richard A. Rosen 31 Promoting climate change resilience: an illustrative case study 500 Michelle Rydback 32 Sharing climate information in supply chains: reach and limitations of ICT and marketing 517 Anna-Maria Nyquist Index 532
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis: A
Book SynopsisExploring the ways that contemporary urban life takes the Holocene for granted, this multidisciplinary book warns that anthropogenic environmental impacts are on course to challenge the viability of most human settlements. It highlights how, despite increased warnings, most cities appear to be in denial of the potential impending catastrophes and remain ill-prepared to handle major disruptions. Chapters offer a critical appraisal of the end of an urban epoch: the Holocene city. Moving from more general aspects of urban vulnerability in the face of the Anthropocene, the book then looks at more specific issues and cases illustrating alternative adaptation pathways. It further analyses existing approaches, movements and networks for urban preparedness for the climate crisis, offering visualisations of the ways these can be improved, conceiving alternative futures and reinventing the city. A timely resource for this emerging topic, the book will be beneficial to urban studies, environmental science and development studies scholars. Practitioners in urban planning, design, management and evaluation will also find the critical case studies in the book particularly helpful.Trade Review‘This is definitely a book that offers some answers and questions to the wicked climate change problems from a local perspective.’ -- Xira Ruiz-Campillo, Regional Studies‘The breadth of concepts, cases, and data outlined in this book provide critical insights into climate change adaptation. Collectively, they serve as a call to action with a clear message: “business as usual” will be insufficient to meet the climate challenges of our future. Cities must be reimagined, and this book is a place to start that work.’ -- Ashley D. Ross, Texas A&M University at Galveston, US‘City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis brings together many of the world’s leading researchers as we all scramble to address urban resilience in the face of climate change. The book gives a comprehensive assessment of where cities are today, what vulnerabilities are most acute, and how we might bring about greater resilience and well-being for the world’s cities. For cities, as outlined in the book’s summary chapter, governance: the need for better collaboration and co-ordination, is paramount. This collection makes an impressive start to this task.’ -- Daniel Hoornweg, Ontario Tech University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xvi Sirkku Juhola Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxvi Introduction: farewell to the Holocene city 1 Francisco Javier Carrillo PART I URBAN CLIMATE VULNERABILITY 1 Unprecedented challenge: implications for climate resilient urban planning 15 Anja Wejs 2 Insights and challenges from Oxfam’s disaster management work 26 Janice Ian Manlutac, Velina Petrova and Irene Guijt 3 Down scale agency 41 Lelani M. Mannetti 4 The impossibility of accelerated risk management possible pathways 53 Theresa Scavenius PART II PIONEER MOVEMENTS IN CITY PREPAREDNESS 5 Directory of urban preparedness 65 Tatiana Schreiner 6 Local adaptation plans: comparisons and lessons learned 80 Charlotte da Cunha and Elena Lioubimtseva 7 Can salutogenesis contribute to prepare cities for climate change? 93 Ruca Maass, Monica Lillefjell and Kirsti S. Anthun 8 Competencies for viable subsistence 106 Danuta Kaźmierczak PART III INDICATORS AND BENCHMARKING 9 Cities and climate change: a review of current metrics 118 Priscila Nesello and Ana Cristina Fachinelli 10 Knowledge city benchmarking and the MAKCi experience 129 Blanca C. Garcia 11 Learnings from knowledge-based development metrics 141 Ana Cristina Fachinelli, Rafael L. Perini and Priscila Nesello 12 Capital systems for city preparedness: a framework 152 Omar Zermeño PART IV DEEP INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE MARKETS FOR CITY PREPAREDNESS 13 Deep innovation 164 Thomas J. Burns 14 Knowledge markets regimes for the urban climate emergency 177 Francisco Javier Carrillo 15 The sharing cosmopolis: prosperity without growth 195 Douglas Kelbaugh 16 Effective collaborative climate change governance in urban areas 209 Lorena Pasquini, Dania Petrik, Balbina Nyamakura, Kate Strachan, Meggan Spires, Sheona Shackleton and Gina Ziervogel PART V STAYING WITH URBAN TROUBLE 17 Urban dysfunctionalities before the Anthropocene 225 Ali Modarres 18 Bunkerization: elite preparedness and retreat in the Anthropocene 234 Daniel South and Nigel South 19 Climate change, migration, and preparedness 244 Stephan A. Schwartz 20 Relocation and climate migration 256 Immaculata Olu Omojola and Mike Boni Bazza PART VI URBAN FUTURES 21 Urban autonomous zones and the mitigation of climate disasters 268 Oliver Kellhammer 22 Urban relational capital and new transaction regimes 281 Angel Eustorgio Rivera, Gibran Rivera and Francisco Javier Carrillo 23 Neo-medievalism: self-governed sub national governments 292 Ravindra K. Srivastava 24 An object-oriented framework for subsistence assurance 304 Jose I. Icaza PART VII RE-IMAGINING THE CITY 25 Political economies of ‘The Commons’ 319 Gavin Keeney, Owen O’Carroll and David S. Jones 26 A youth perspective on green local urban futures 331 Joshua Amponsem, Nathalie Sänger and Marie-Claire Graf 27 Fostering resilient co-learning ecosystems in the city 344 Raphaële Bidault-Waddington 28 Regenerative urban development 357 Beth Schaefer Caniglia Conclusion to City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis 371 Cathy Garner Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Knowledge For The Anthropocene: A
Book SynopsisWith human-induced environmental impacts disrupting human life in deeper ways and at a wider scale than anything previously experienced, this multidisciplinary book looks at the ways that current knowledge bases seem inadequate to help us deal with such realities. It offers a critical appraisal of the current knowledge infrastructure, including science, technology, innovation, education and informal knowledge systems. Contributions from a wide spectrum of social scientists, philosophers, activists and decision-makers tackle the importance of knowledge for the Anthropocene using a mosaic of data, theories, cases, models, methods and experiences. Chapters highlight what relevant knowledge will become critical to dealing with deteriorating environmental conditions, as well as how science, technology, education and innovation can be radically transformed to deal with these challenges. The book further explores the behavioural, economic, social and cultural aspects of the Anthropocene, and how knowledge impacts both these and our possible futures. This will be a critical read for human geography and environmental science scholars, as well as social science scholars more broadly, particularly with its in-depth glossary and digital resource list. It will also aid practitioners in the planning, design, management and evaluation of knowledge systems by providing deeper understandings of the potential circumstances of knowledge in the Anthropocene.Trade Review'What does it mean to live in the Anthropocene? While a growing number of edited collections and monographs have approached this question by gathering knowledge of the Anthropocene, Francisco Javier Carrillo and Günter Koch choose a different path: uncompromisingly interdisciplinary, Knowledge For The Anthropocene brings together contributors from different disciplinary and regional backgrounds, thus offering a clear and comprehensive account of the opportunities and challenges of knowledge in and for the Anthropocene.' -- Nico Stehr, Zeppelin University, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: knowing what to know, what to do and how to do it in the Anthropocene xiii Noel Castree Preface xvi Acknowledgments xxi Introduction to Knowledge For The Anthropocene 1 Francisco Javier Carrillo PART I KNOWLEDGE AND THE PLANETARY EMERGENCY 1 A portable philosophy toolkit for the Anthropocene 11 Carlos Jesús García-Meza 2 Existential challenges to knowledge 22 Bertrand Guillaume 3 Social psychological drivers of climate change denial 30 Irina Feygina 4 Media accountability before the climate crisis 42 Gabriel Valerio-Ureña, Jorge Asprón and Nalleli Salazar PART II ANTHROPOCENE LITERACY 5 A terminology for the Anthropocene 54 Ernesto Contreras 6 A directory of digital resources about the Anthropocene 76 Paulo David Soasti-Bareta 7 Educating for the Anthropocene 98 Audrey Groleau, Chantal Pouliot, Isabelle Arseneau 8 Localization and globalization of core adaptive knowledge 107 Alexander K. Lautensach PART III ANTHROPOCENE ECONOMICS 9 The end of Holocene economics 120 Richard Heinberg 10 Precursors of an economics for the Anthropocene 132 Daniel Dahm and Günter Koch 11 Deep adaptation and collapsology 145 Jason Monios and Gordon Wilmsmeier 12 Genuine savings and economics for the Anthropocene 157 Eoin McLaughlin and Cristián Ducoing PART IV JUSTICE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE 13 Epistemic injustice 167 Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni 14 The urgency for epistemic and political climate justice 178 Jacobo Ocharan, Velina Petrova and Irene Guijt 15 Towards global environmental governance 194 Julia M. Puaschunder 16 Transition agendas: going beyond consumerism? 204 Boris Manov and Asen Balabanov PART V KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE 17 Scientific knowledge for the Anthropocene 213 Marc Zimmer 18 The sciences of knowledge 225 Francisco Javier Carrillo 19 Knowledge as world capital: global knowledge 240 Alexander Ruser 20 Adaptive value of traditional knowledge 249 Michael Blakeney PART VI IMAGINATION IN THE ANTHROPOCENE 21 Designing post-human futures 263 Raphaële Bidault-Waddington 22 Integral ecology: reconnecting nature, culture, and knowledge 276 Sam Mickey 23 Visuality conditions under the Anthropocene 284 Irmgard Emmelhainz 24 The aesthesis of plastic capitalism 297 Amanda Boetzkes PART VII CO-CREATING FUTURES 25 Democracy in the Anthropocene 307 David W. Orr 26 Envisioning scenarios for the Anthropocene 316 David Arthur Sampson 27 The farthest we can see 328 Anthony Hodgson 28 Knowledge for the Anthropocene: an agenda 339 Francisco Javier Carrillo Conclusion to Knowledge For The Anthropocene 358 Günter Koch Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Concise Introduction to Adaptation to Climate Change
Book SynopsisThis enlightening Concise Introduction examines how adaptation can be implemented to reduce the adverse effects of climate change on humanity and the environment. Chapters outline the history of adaptation, new methods and how approaches to adaptation are changing.
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Edward Elgar Concise Introduction to Adaptation to Climate Change
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate in Court: Defining State Obligations on
Book SynopsisAnswering the key question of whether there is an obligation for States to define and enact sound climate policies in order to avoid the impacts of global warming, this timely book provides expert analysis on recent global climate cases, assessing not only the plaintiffs’ claims but also the legal reasoning put forward by the courts. As an increasing number of environmental organisations are requiring domestic courts to answer this fundamental question, this book illustrates that more and more court decisions are confirming that the discretion held by States with regards to the issue of climate change is not unlimited. The book explores how States must also demonstrate that sufficient action is being taken to protect their citizens from risks. With in-depth assessments of common legal grounds, such as the international climate change regime, environmental law principles and human rights, it further highlights potential issues for climate litigation including the separation of powers and the standing of the plaintiffs themselves. Addressing current and emerging issues, this timely book will be an excellent resource for scholars of environmental law, climate change and human rights. Environmental activists and organisations looking for examples of initiatives to tackle issues such as environmental protection and justice will find this informative and insightful.Trade Review‘Climate change litigation is a growing field not only in practice, but also in scholarship. This book is a welcome contribution to this growing field. It carefully considers climate change litigation through the lens of international climate change law, principles of environmental law and human rights. It provides the reader with an extensive analysis of relevant case law from an extensive number of jurisdictions. The book is highly recommended for those already working in climate change litigation, but also for professionals, researchers and students who wish to learn more about how the law, and the judiciary in particular, can contribute positively to dealing with the climate change challenge before us.’ -- Francesco Sindico, University of Strathclyde, UK‘Climate in Court is a compelling read on the judicialization of climate, one of the most fascinating recent developments in the difficult process of global action on climate change. Pau de Vilchez Moragues does an excellent job illuminating claims brought by citizens and NGOs against States for their failure to adequately address climate change.’ -- Joana Setzer, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK‘Within the now substantial literature on climate litigation, the study by Dr de Vilchez Moragues is one of the rare single-authored book-length examinations of the overall phenomenon. The legal tapestry proposed by the author reveals common threads and features in what, too often, is presented elsewhere in descriptive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction accounts.’ -- Jorge E. Viñuales, University of Cambridge, UK‘In this excellent book, the author analyses litigation against the State before the national courts for not taking adequate measures against climate change. Showing an outstanding balance between social commitment and academic rigour, it is argued that intertwined court decisions can help confirm the international obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote compliance.’ -- Antoni Pigrau, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain‘Climate in Court offers a detailed and insightful overview of twenty cases brought against states for their failure to take adequate measures to address climate change. Analysing them from multiple angles, the author masterfully synthesises their commonalities to draw important conclusions for the study and practice of climate litigation. The book offers enlightening insights into the role that environmental principles play in domestic courts and brilliantly addresses the topical question of the relationship between human rights and climate change. Thanks to its combination of theoretical and practical insights, it will be of great interest to environmental legal scholars as well climate activists.’ -- Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli, Kings College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Unweaving the (legal) tapestry of domestic climate litigation PART I DOMESTIC CLIMATE LITIGATION:EVOLUTION,RECENT CASES AND COMMON CHALLENGE 1. Evolution of climate change case law 2. Three common challenges CONCLUSION TO PART I PART II THE LEGAL GROUNDS 3. The international legal framework on climate change 4. Principles of environmental law 5. Human rights 6. Concluding remarks Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Adaptive Governance
Book SynopsisThe interconnectedness of global society is increasingly visible through crises such as the current global health pandemic, emerging climate change impacts and increasing erosion of biodiversity. This timely Handbook navigates the challenges of adaptive governance in these complex contexts, stressing the necessarily compounded nature of biophysical and social systems to ensure more desirable governance outcomes.Highlighting the dynamics and diversity of governance systems across the globe, leading experts in the field examine the successes and failures of these systems. Synthesising theory with methodology and practical case studies, chapters explore adaptive governance in forest management, marine environments and open data ecosystems, looking closely at the role of adaptive governance in climate mitigation and disaster risk reduction. Answering the call for large-scale transformations that move societies away from unsustainable development trajectories, this prescriptive Handbook explores the existing adaptive governance measures that have driven reflexive, sustainable change. Reflecting on the past decade of research in the field, it concludes by outlining new areas of contention and inquiry for the next decade of adaptive governance research.Interdisciplinary in scope, this comprehensive Handbook will prove an invigorating read for students and scholars of environmental law, governance and regulation, and political science and public policy. Policymakers looking to innovate their adaptive governance approaches will also find this a beneficial companion.Trade Review‘This volume brings a dazzling array of international authors together to present the latest thinking on adaptive governance and how it can be made to work in tackling transformative and rapid change in complex social ecological systems. These innovations are urgently needed to address major challenges such as the climate crisis. The approach is highly interdisciplinary, presenting new ideas and linking to diverse theory and concepts, and to empirical cases from around the world. It will be essential reading for scholars and practitioners of environmental change, policy and governance, and those studying politics, international relations, geography and resource management.’ -- Katrina Brown, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Adaptive Governance 1 Sirkku Juhola PART I THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENTS 2 Operationalising adaptive governance: a research agenda 15 Barbara Cosens, Holly Doremus, J. B. Ruhl, Niko Soininen and Lance Gunderson 3 Adaptive governance, law and regulation 35 Niko Soininen, Barbara Cosens, J. B. Ruhl and Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen 4 Conceptualising the science–policy–practice interface of adaptive governance 54 Carina Wyborn, Jasper Montana, Amber Datta and Elena Louder PART II LATEST TRENDS IN METHODS 5 Futures-thinking: concepts, methods and capacities for adaptive governance 76 Carla Alexandra, Carina Wyborn, Claudia Munera Roldan and Lorrae van Kerkhoff 6 Spatial data, methods, and mismatches for adaptive governance research 99 Maija Nikkanen and Aleksi Räsänen 7 Serious games as an adaptive governance method 115 Peter Edwards PART III GOVERNANCE CONTEXTS AND CASE STUDIES 8 Adaptive governance in forest management 127 Jesse Abrams and Marine Elbakidze 9 Adaptive governance for marine environments: methods, challenges, and lessons for ocean fisheries 143 Barbara Quimby 10 Adaptive governance in open data ecosystems: experiences and insights on the role of sociotechnical arrangements 158 Cancan Wang 11 Policy experimentation in the construction of ecological civilisation in China 176 Ping Huang and Linda Westman 12 The role of adaptive governance in climate mitigation and adaptation: a local perspective 192 Grete K. Hovelsrud and Hege Westskog 13 Adaptive and anticipatory governance in urban adaptation to climate change 207 Alexandra Jurgilevich 14 Towards adaptive property: legal design for a climate-affected future 218 Daniel Fitzpatrick 15 Adaptive governance for disaster risk reduction 233 R. Patrick Bixler, Sandeep Paul, Debasmita Bhakta, Tamar Farchy, Jessica Olson, Matthew Preisser and Paola Passalacqua 16 The next decade of adaptive governance research: concluding remarks 252 Sirkku Juhola Index 260
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Research Agenda for Climate Justice
Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Climate change will bring great suffering to communities, individuals and ecosystems. Those least responsible for the problem will suffer the most. Justice demands urgent action to reverse its causes and impacts. In this provocative new book, Paul G. Harris brings together original essays to explore innovative approaches to understanding and implementing climate justice in the future. Through investigations informed by theories from philosophy, politics, sociology, law and economics, this Research Agenda reveals the actors most responsible for climate change and suggests concrete proposals for more effective mitigation. Addressing the distribution of scarce resources and the disproportionate responsibility of affluent nations and people, this insightful book asserts that climate change is a matter of equity, fairness and social and distributive justice. It argues that climate change is shaping up to be the greatest injustice in all of human history. This analytical and thought-provoking Research Agenda will be a valuable tool for climate change researchers while its interdisciplinary approach will appeal to students and academics researching in the fields of global environmental politics, sustainability, international relations, environmental philosophy and law. The examination of the key questions of climate justice from global through to individual levels will also aid policy-makers, practitioners and activists. Contributors include: R. Attfield, I. Bailey, F. Corvino, A. Dietzel, J. Donhauser, P.G. Harris, S. Kopra, J.S. Mastaler, S.R. O'Doherty, G. Pellegrini-Masini, A. Pirni, D. Storey, C. Swingle, C. Tornel, I. Wallimann-Helmer Trade Review'In his introduction to A Research Agenda for Climate Justice, Paul Harris says that it is not far-fetched to suggest that climate change is becoming the greatest injustice ever perpetrated in all human history. He may well be right. Yet how do we get others - and in democracies, a majority of voters - to see it this way? The contributors to this book not only show, from their different perspectives, why climate change is an injustice, but also take steps towards answering that question.' --Peter Singer, Princeton University, US'What should we do? Better to start with: What should we not do? The answer: Most of what we are now doing. This demands provocative, innovative research. The contributors in this exceptional volume consider future generations, effective policies, rich and poor, wealth vs. welfare, wild creatures, technology, degrowth, risks, rights, refugees, individuals in nations, large and small. There is no better analysis of the prospects of failure and success in climate justice.' --Holmes Rolston III, Colorado State University, US'Paul Harris has assembled a collection that examines important lingering questions in climate justice but also plots a new course for research in the field. Harris and his contributors explore how climate justice might be more broadly conceptualized and effectively advanced, extending the field's focus well beyond the questions about burden-sharing among nation-states that dominated its first decade.' --Steven Vanderheiden, University of Colorado, Boulder, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface ix 1 Climate justice: the urgent research agenda(s) 1 Paul G. Harris 2 Vital needs and climate change: inter-human, inter-generational and inter-species justice 15 Robin Attfield 3 Common but differentiated responsibilities: agency in climate justice 27 Ivo Wallimann-Helmer 4 The world as it is: a vision for a social science (and policy) turn in climate justice 38 David E. Storey 5 National climate-mitigation policy: the spatial framing of (in)justice claims 52 Ian Bailey 6 Climate change and capitalism: a degrowth agenda for climate justice 64 Carlos Tornel 7 A cosmopolitan agenda for climate justice: embracing non-state actors 77 Alix Dietzel and Paul G. Harris 8 Social justice and ecological consciousness: pathways to climate justice 91 James S. Mastaler 9 Climate justice in practice: adapting democratic institutions for environmental citizenship 104 Giuseppe Pellegrini-Masini, Fausto Corvino and Alberto Pirni 10 Climate refugees: realizing justice through existing institutions 118 Justin Donhauser 11 Pre-emptive justice for future generations: reframing climate change as a ‘humanitarian climate crime’ 131 Selina Rose O’Doherty 12 Climate justice after the Paris Agreement: understanding equity through nationally determined contributions 143 Claire Swingle 13 Responsibility for climate justice: the role of great powers 158 Sanna Kopra Index 171
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Economics: Economic Analysis of Climate,
Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised third edition offers comprehensive coverage of the economics of climate change and climate policy, and is a suitable guide for advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students. Topics discussed include the costs and benefits of adaptation and mitigation, discounting, uncertainty, equity, policy instruments, the second best, and international agreements.Key features: In-depth treatment of the economics of climate change Careful explanation of concepts and their application to climate policy Customizable integrated assessment model that illustrates all issues discussed Specific usage guidelines for each level of reader Companion website with data, quizzes, videos, and further reading Discussion of the latest developments in theory and policy Greater attention to policy and market imperfections than in the second edition. This book is an essential text for students in economics, climate change, and environmental policy, an excellent resource for researchers and practitioners, and a key text to support professors in their teaching.Trade Review‘Richard Tol is not only a leading researcher but also a gifted educator. His textbook Climate Economics has established itself as the leading textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students. It provides the reader with a thorough grounding in the economics of climate change written in an accessible style.’ -- David Maddison, University of Birmingham, UK‘This book is both a comprehensive course and a reference to the all-important economics of climate change. It does for climate economics what Julia Child did for French Cooking: make it accessible to the serious student.’ -- Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley, US‘Richard S.J. Tol has written a must-read book for anyone caring about the sustainable development of this planet. This book is a delightful guide full of important information for those of us who want to dedicate ourselves to climate economics, so that human society can develop in an environmentally friendly manner.’ -- Lin Bo Qiang, Xiamen University, China
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Edward Elgar Publishing Elgar Encyclopedia of Climate Policy
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Collective Ink Am I Too Old to Save the Planet?: A Boomer's
Book SynopsisThink you've waited too long to do something about climate change? Think again. Am I Too Old to Save the Planet? A Boomer's Guide to Climate Action explains how America's most promising generation allowed climate change to become a planetary emergency - and what to do about it now. A former foreign correspondent and vice president of the World Resources Institute, Lawrence MacDonald shares his journey to becoming a passionate climate activist. Packed with practical advice, his book invites fellow boomers to join the growing global movement to save the planet.
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Emerald Publishing Limited The Academic Language of Climate Change: An
Book SynopsisClimate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. For the sake of human civilization and life on earth we must do all we can to keep global warming at the lowest possible level. Addressing climate change is everyone’s duty and that includes teachers of English. In order to support students and non-native English speakers, this important work provides an introduction to climate change via simple chapters addressing different and important dimensions of climate change and helps students acquire basic language skills which will allow them to study similar or more difficult texts. Each chapter offers an introduction on the topic discussed and its relation to climate change, outlines climate change or other related environmental science terms and 6-8 exercises on grammar, syntax and consolidation of terminology. Topics covered include climate change and tourism, gender, worker safety, mental and physical health, food production, deforestation, art, and much more. Offering an interdisciplinary introduction to climate change and its intersection with numerous industries and facets of life, The Academic Language of Climate Change, provides a necessary and welcome introduction for undergraduate and graduate students, and any non-native English speakers seeking to engage with climate change research.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Climate Change: Causes and Impacts; Walter Leal Filho and Evangelos Manolas Chapter 2. Climate Change and Agriculture; Chrysovalantou Antonopoulou Chapter 3. Climate Change and Tourism: Challenges and Prospects; Fotini Bantoudi and Maria Pentaftiki Chapter 4. Climate Change: Health and Safety of Workers; Panagiota Barbouti-Baloti, Angeliki Kouna, and Constantina Skanavis Chapter 5. Gender and Climate Change; Efthalia Gerou and Dimitrios Geros Chapter 6. Adapting to Climate Change: Adaptation Options and Forms; Hacer Gören Chapter 7. Climate Change and Human Mobility; Hacer Gören Chapter 8. Climate Education Experience at University of Latvia; Indra Karapetjana and Maris Klavins Chapter 9. Climate Change and Energy; Evangelia Karasmanaki Chapter 10. Solastalgia: Looking into the Implicit Impacts of Climate Change on Mental Health; Eirene Katsarou Chapter 11. Health and Climate Change; Margarita-Eleni Manola and George Tribonias Chapter 12. Climate Change and Food Production; Ioanna Mantzourani Chapter 13. Climate Change and Deforestation; Diamantis Myrtsidis Chapter 14. Climate Change and Art; Dimitra Pantiora, Ioannis Theodoulou, and Constantina Skanavis Chapter 15. Utilizing the Systems Thinking Approach to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Organizations; Christian Virgil and Kit Fai Pun Chapter 16. Climate Change and the Agro-food system; Elena Raptou Chapter 17. Droughts and Climate Change; Manuel Salvador da Conceição Rebelo Chapter 18. Climate change and Employment; Paschalina Siskou Chapter 19. Climate Change and Tourism: Towards a Sustainable Future; Ioanna Vasileiadou Chapter 20. Climate Change, Land Use and Land Management in Africa: The case of The Gambia; Franziska Wolf Chapter 21. The impacts of climate change on the forest ecosystems of the Mediterranean; Aikaterini Zerva Chapter 22. Climate change and health: The case of infectious diseases; Evangelia Tsagaki-Rekleitou, Vasiliki Oikonomou, Archonto-Dimitra Boukouvala, Maria Tsatsou, Theodora Skreka, and Constantina Skanavis Chapter 23. Climate Change: Five Scenarios for the Future; Evangelos Manolas and Walter Leal Filho Key to Chapter Exercises
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on the Economics of Climate Change
Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook recognizes the emergence of climate change as the defining topic of our time. With public climate discourse growing more urgent every year, this Handbook brings together international experts from different economic disciplines to answer critical climate policy questions. Chapters present key ideas and policies to support and accelerate advances in three key areas: the political economy of climate change and climate policy, integrated assessment modelling, and economic and resource sustainability. Contributors discuss the distributional implications of climate change and how policymakers may respond in order to contribute to economic transformation in the midst of a global crisis. With reference to both theoretical and applied economics, this Handbook is critical reading for economists working in the field of climate policy and climate change. It will also appeal to a broader group of environmental scientists and scholars. Contributors include: L.M. Abadie, G.B. Asheim, J.K. Boyce, W.A. Brock, M. Budolfson, G. Chichilnisky, N. Chichilnisky-Heal, F. Dennig, J. Doyne Farmer, D.K. Foley, I. Galarraga, R. Hahnel, J. Hartwick, G. Heal, C. Hepburn, C. Hope, D. Iris, A. Markandya, P. Mealy, T. Mitra, T. Narasimhan, F. Nesje, I. Parry, A. Rezai, E. Sainz de Murieta, N. Schofield, B. Shang, A. Tavoni, L. Taylor, R. van der Ploeg, N. Vernon, P. Wingender, C. Withagen, A. XepapadeasTrade Review'More fruitful interaction between economists and political scientists studying possible policy responses to climate change is long overdue. With this volume of 18 essays, co-editors Chichilnisky and Rezai, along with 32 other distinguished writers, do much to facilitate invaluable progress toward a virtuous circle of mutually reinforcing economic and political analyses.' --Peter J. Hammond, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Section I: The Political Economy of Climate Change and Climate Policy 1. Distributional Issues in Climate Policy: Air Quality Co-benefits and Carbon Rent James K. Boyce 2. Evaluating Policies to Implement the Paris Agreement: A Toolkit with Application to China Ian Parry, Baoping Shang, Nate Vernon, Philippe Windeger and Tarun Narasimhan 3. Bargaining to Lose: A Permeability Approach to Post-Transition Resource Extraction Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal 4. Host-MNC Relations in Resource-Rich Countries Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal and Geoffrey M. Heal 5. Bargaining to Lose the Global Commons Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal and Graciela Chichilnisky Section II: Integrated Assessment Modelling 6.Integrated Assessment Models of climate change Chris Hope 7. Climate Change Policy under Spatial Heat Transport and Polar Amplification William Brock and Anastasios Xepapadeas 8. Progressive adaptation strategies in European coastal cities: a response to flood-risk under uncertainty Luis M. Abadie, Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Ibon Galarraga and Anil Markandya 9. Economic Growth and the Social Cost of Carbon: Additive versus Multiplicative Damages Armon Rezai, Frederick van der Ploeg and Cees Withagen 10. Optimal Global Climate Policy and Regional Carbon Prices Mark Budolfson and Francis Dennig 11. Tipping and Reference Points in Climate Change Games Alessandro Tavoni and Doruk Iris Section III: Climate Change and Sustainability 12. Climate Change, Malthus and Collapse Norman Schofield 13. Greenhouse Gas and Cyclical Growth Lance Taylor and Duncan Foley 14. Growth and Sustainability Robin Hahnel 15. Intergenerational altruism: A solution to the climate problem? Frikk Nesje and Geir Asheim 16. On Intertemporal Equity and Efficiency in a Model of Global Warming John Hartwick and Tapan Mitra 17. Transformational change: Parallels for addressing climate and development goals Penny Mealy and Cameron Hepburn 18. Less precision, more truth: Uncertainty in climate economics and macroprudential policy Cameron Hepburn and J. Doyne Farmer Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Urban Climate Resilience: The Role of Law
Book SynopsisThis significant book addresses the most important legal issues that cities face when attempting to adapt to the changing climate. This includes how to become more resilient against the impacts of climate change such as sea level rise, increases in the intensity and frequency of storms, floods, droughts, and extreme temperatures.A range of expert contributors are brought together to assess the current state of climate change law and policy at the city level, featuring analysis of key legal instruments that can help urban societies adapt to, and cope with, the changing climate. Chapters contain comparative assessments of urban climate change policies in cities across the world, in both developed and developing countries, including Ghana, South Africa, Indonesia, the Netherlands and the US. Additionally, the book analyses legal approaches, relying on planning law and other legal instruments in the hands of city governments, which can aid in combating specific problems such as the urban heat island effect.Providing an up-to-date analysis of climate change adaptation and mitigation law at the level of cities, Urban Climate Resilience will be a key resource for academics and students of environmental law, public international law, urban planning and sustainability. The lessons for future policies and laws to create more climate resilient cities will also be useful for local policymakers, regulators and city government officials working on climate change at the local level.Trade Review‘Urban form, function and governance must urgently adapt in and for a new normal where disasters, crises and other socio-economic stressors are no longer temporary states of exception. Through its rich engagement with how laws that underlie, structure and enable resilient urban life are made, implemented and lived within an array of cities over the world, this volume constitutes an integral theoretical building block of urban adaptation and resilience.’ -- Marius Pieterse, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Gianluca Crispi xiv 1 Introduction to climate resilient cities and the law 1 Angela van der Berg and Jonathan Verschuuren 2 The role of international law in enhancing urban climate resilience 20 Esmé Shirlow 3 Legislating for urban climate resilience: the case of Amsterdam 44 Sol Maria Halleck Vega and Josephine van Zeben 4 Indian cities’ climate resilience: what role for transnational environmental law? 70 Tuula Honkonen 5 Enabling urban climate action in Accra, Ghana: policy pathways and advances toward urban climate resilience 104 Michael Addaney 6 Resilience justice and adaptive law in European cities 124 Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold and Tiago de Melo Cartaxo 7 Room available: an overview of the literature on urban private property adaptation law 150 Joris van Laarhoven 8 Strategic adaptation to climate change: a legal comparative study of Lyon and Montréal with a focus on urban heat islands 191 Emma Novel 9 Advancing climate resilience in US cities through green infrastructure by leveraging their dual roles as regulator and regulated under the US Clean Water Act 221 Robert Weinstock 10 The climate change mitigation and adaptation imperative in South Africa’s Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (SPLUMA) 253 Jeannie van Wyk and Mark Oranje 11 Good governance and flood management in Jakarta 277 Natalia Yeti Puspita 12 Racing to defeat climate change on reluctant roads: autonomous vehicles, urban climate resilience, and legal reform 306 Tracy Hresko Pearl 13 Shared mobility towards urban climate resilience in the city of Johannesburg 326 Angela van der Berg and Anél du Plessis 14 Urban warfare: expanding legal approaches to urban climate policy in the United States 359 M Alexander Pearl Index
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Emerald Publishing Limited The Social Consequences of Climate Change
Book SynopsisTackling a global and seismic problem such as climate change requires an equally extensive approach. Investigating current scientific knowledge about climate change in public and policy discussions, as well as the connections between social, economic, and political discourse, The Social Consequences of Climate Change takes a take a multifaceted approach to one of the biggest challenges of our time.Understanding the role of climate conditions in all aspects of human society where we live, how we build, how we move chapters wield relevant approaches and techniques from across disciplines to reframe issues that are essential to improving sustainability and capturing innovative solutions to the climate problem. Covering the role of businesses in combatting climate change, environmental health, the vulnerability of urban communities, the nexus between climate, economy and society, climate and national and international agendas, and more, the authors clarify both scienti
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change Law: An Introduction
Book SynopsisThis timely and incisive book combines an introduction to the core legal and policy issues presented by climate change with a deeper analysis of decisions that will define the path forward. Offering a guide to key terms, concepts, and legal principles in the field, this book will help readers develop a sophisticated perspective on issues central to climate change law and policy.Building a pathway to literacy in climate change policy, chapters provide an accessible overview of key energy regulations and laws governing energy projects, legal mechanisms to regulate GHG emissions, and the role of state and local governments in developing mitigation and adaptation policy, particularly in the building and transportation sectors. The authors highlight the relationship between human rights and climate change using the framework of human rights law, analyze the use of litigation to compel climate change mitigation and adaptation and suggest ways to achieve international cooperation.Providing a deep understanding of ongoing debates about the design and implementation of climate change law and policy, this book will be an essential resource for students and researchers of environmental and climate change law, governance, and regulation. It will also be useful for policymakers and practitioners in the field for its practical insights into future developments and solutions.Trade Review‘In their introduction, the authors state that “[h]elping individuals [ ... ] to develop climate change law literacy is the raison d'être of this book,” a goal they accomplish admirably. This relatively slim reader opens doors to deeper discovery and inquiry by providing a solid foundation and understanding of the extremely complex sets of legal, political, and economic dynamics involved in any effort to address the transnational and existential problems associated with an anthropogenically warming planet. Climate Change Law: An Introduction would make a great choice for a textbook for a climate change or environmental law seminar, and would also serve as a compact but highly informative resource for practitioners, policymakers, students, and others who wish to obtain a thorough grounding in the current state of climate change laws and policies.’BR> -- Jennifer E. Sekula, International Journal of Legal Information‘It is a challenge to write a textbook on climate change law because the field changes so rapidly. These authors have masterfully pulled together principles that serve as the backbone of the field while integrating recent case law and international agreements. The authors present foundational elements of mitigation, adaptation, energy, and human rights, and then help us recall the importance of private actors and the ethical challenges lawyers must face in this changing world.’ -- Jessica Owley, University of Miami School of Law, US‘This book could not be more timely – it is a comprehensive yet concise and accessible analysis of the multifaceted and complex area of climate change law. It is a rare combination of an analysis of international and U.S. law, mitigation and adaptation, state and non-state responsibilities, climate litigation, human rights, as well as individual, ethical considerations, demonstrating, in all of these areas, where the law stands today, as well as providing a glimpse as to where it is likely to evolve. A fantastic resource on climate change law!’ -- Lisa Benjamin, Lewis & Clark Law School, US‘Both lawyers and non-lawyers often ask me what to read for a concise introduction to the U.S. and international laws that are relevant to climate change. Now I have something to enthusiastically recommend. This book is a terrific primer on a complex and rapidly evolving area of law. It shows how courts, legislatures, and executives are addressing (or not) one of humanity's greatest challenges. Even experts will find it a useful refresher.’ -- Michael B. Gerrard, Columbia Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Climate Change Law 1. International Climate Change Treaty Regime 2. Climate Law Primer: Mitigation Approaches 3. Introduction to Energy Law 4. Adaption to Climate Change at the Subnational Level 5. Litigating Government (In)Action on Climate Change 6. Human Rights and Climate Change 7. Legal and Policy Levers to Prompt Action by Private Climate Change Actors 8. Introduction: Why the Individual Ethics of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Matters to Climate Law Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Business and Climate Change
Book SynopsisSummarizing the current state of knowledge on the links between business and climate change, this timely Handbook analyzes how businesses contribute to and are affected by climate change, looking closely at their centrality in developing and deploying solutions to address this problem.Contributions from a global collection of scholars and practitioners explore a broad range of key industries’ impacts and responses to climate change, examining corporate strategy and leadership in the climate economy, functional perspectives and corporate practice, and climate finance. Chapters use diverse case studies to analyze climate-related business issues, including supply chain management, decarbonization, consumer decision-making, and climate-related financial investments. The Handbook delves deeper into how businesses perceive the issue of climate change, how they are affected by and engage with it, as well as the impact they have and what this impact costs. Forward-thinking, it concludes with reflections from the contributors on what the future holds for businesses and climate change.Covering matters relating to finance, economics, marketing, operations, strategy, leadership and communications, this interdisciplinary Handbook will prove invaluable to students and scholars in business management, sustainability and environmental studies, as well as to sustainability officers (and their staff) in corporations. Addressing, as it does, a wide range of climate-related issues from the corporate standpoint, it will also prove to be a useful resource for policymakers concerned with enabling solutions to climate change.Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Business and Climate Change 1 Anant K. Sundaram and Robert G. Hansen PART I THE BUSINESS CASE FOR CLIMATE CONCERNS 2 Business and climate change 8 Anant K. Sundaram 3 The end of combustion? 38 David Hone PART II KEY INDUSTRIES: IMPACT AND RESPONSE 4 Banks and climate change risk 58 Edwin Anderson, Ilya Khaykin, Alban Pyanet and Til Schuermann 5 The patchwork quilt: business complexities of decarbonizing the electric sector 89 Scott G. Fisher, Bruce A. Phillips and Mark W. Scovic 6 Implications of fully decarbonizing the electric industry for business: Icarus or Daedalus? 120 Bruce A. Phillips, Scott G. Fisher and Mark W. Scovic 7 Climate change and the insurance industry – risks and opportunities for transitioning to a resilient low carbon economy 145 Maryam Golnaraghi 8 Climate change and aviation 187 Vincent Etchebehere 9 Leaders and laggards: how have oil and gas companies responded to the energy transition? 208 Julia Hartmann, Andrew Inkpen and Kannan Ramaswamy PART III CORPORATE STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP IN THE CLIMATE ECONOMY 10 Climate change communication strategies 231 Paul Argenti, Posie Holmes and Marloes Smittenaar 11 Corporate strategy and climate change: a nonmarket approach to environmental advantage 251 Thomas C. Lawton and Carl J. Kock 12 Owens Corning: environmental footprint reduction as the foundation for building a net-positive future 271 Frank O’Brien-Bernini and Amanda Meehan 13 Climate preparedness for business resilience 294 Janet Peace and Kristiane Huber PART IV FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND CORPORATE PRACTICE 14 The equity value relevance of carbon emissions 326 Peter M. Clarkson, Jody Grewal and Gordon D. Richardson 15 Getting to 2050: transparency for setting and reaching supply chain climate goals 340 Suzanne Greene and Alexis Bateman 16 Commodity supply chain management and climate change: a case study of the palm oil industry 359 Yinjin Lee and Alexis Bateman 17 Carbon pricing 379 Robert G. Hansen 18 Shifting consumers’ decisions towards climate-friendly behavior 405 Rishad Habib and Katherine White PART V CLIMATE FINANCE 19 Mainstreaming climate action in public and private investments: mobilizing finance towards sustainable investments through the bond markets 430 Heike Reichelt, David P. Allen and Scott M. Cantor 20 Green bonds: investor, issuer and climate perspectives 458 Christa Clapp, Keith Lee and Anouk Brisebois 21 Cost of capital and climate risks 480 Gianfranco Gianfrate, Dirk Schoenmaker and Saara Wasama 22 ESG investing 503 Anant K. Sundaram PART VI THE FUTURE 23 Reflections on the future 526 Arranged and edited by Anant K. Sundaram and Robert G. Hansen Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change
Book SynopsisThis insightful Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent developments in the academic debate on the numerous and complex linkages between international trade and climate change. Adopting a broad interdisciplinary approach, it brings together perspectives from scholars in economics, political science and legal studies to confront the critical environmental challenges posed by globalization. Initial chapters provide an overview of the key debates related to international trade and climate policy, engaging with empirical data from the US and China to assess the impact of new trade initiatives and policy on greenhouse gas emissions, carbon leakage and the increase of trade in carbon-intensive products. Contributors propose policy options that align international trade with climate change mitigation and address crucial legal and practical implications, including the implementation of Border Carbon Adjustments and international trade disputes. Offering critical and empirically-based perspectives on the future of international trade policy, this timely Handbook is crucial reading for scholars, researchers and graduate students in political science, public policy and climate research. Policymakers will also benefit from its unique and insightful policy recommendations.Trade Review‘In the run up to 2030, all trade policy analysts must become fluent in trade and climate issues. This timely and authoritative book is an excellent place to start digging into climate-linked trade issues ranging from carbon leakage and border tax adjustments to production and consumption-based carbon accounting. Written by leading scholars, the chapters are rigorous and comprehensive while remaining accessible.’ -- Richard Baldwin, Graduate Institute, GenevaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Aik Hoe Lim Preface xiv 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change 1 Michael Jakob PART I LINKAGES BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND CLIMATE CHANGE 2 Trade and climate change: working through the conflicts and synergies 12 Aaron Cosbey 3 Globalization and greenhouse gas emissions: is the United States a pollution haven? 22 Claire Brunel and Arik Levinson 4 Energy crossroads under China’s Belt and Road Initiative 43 Fernando Ascensão 5 Empirical evidence and projections of carbon leakage: some, but not too much, probably 58 Justin Caron PART II POLICY OPTIONS TO ALIGN INTERNATIONAL TRADE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION 6 Free allocation of emission permits to reduce carbon leakage: an evolutionary approach 76 Angelo Antoci, Simone Borghesi, Gianluca Iannucci and Mauro Sodini 7 Output-based allocation and output-based rebates: a survey 93 Philippe Quirion 8 International cooperation for decarbonizing energy intensive industries: the case for a Green Materials Club 107 Max Åhman, Marlene Arens and Valentin Vogl 9 The potential of trade sanctions to overcome the small coalition paradox: a review of the literature 124 Juan Sesmero and Alecia Evans 10 The political economy of emissions trading 144 Sanjay Patnaik PART III LEGAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS 11 How to design border carbon adjustments 162 Susanne Droege and Maria Panezi 12 Using the trade regime to phase out fossil fuel subsidies 179 Harro van Asselt, Tom Moerenhout and Cleo Verkuijl 13 Towards an Environmental Goods Agreement Style (EGAST) agenda to improve the regime complex for climate change 202 Jaime de Melo and Jean-Marc Solleder 14 International trade disputes on renewable energy 222 Alessandro Monti PART IV DISTRIBUTIONAL AND EQUITY ISSUES 15 Production- and consumption-based accounting: an overview of the debate 242 Stavros Afionis and Marco Sakai 16 Technology-adjusted carbon accounting 259 Nicolai Baumert, Magnus Jiborn, Astrid Kander and Viktoras Kulionis 17 Distributional effects of environmental trade measures 275 Lutz Sager 18 Climate impacts and global supply chains: an overview 293 Leonie Wenz and Sven N. Willner 19 Epilogue 320 Michael Jakob Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe:
Book SynopsisForeword by Ian GoughThis seminal book addresses the critical and urgent question of ‘what makes welfare states sustainable?’ in the era of climate change. Expert authors challenge traditional perspectives on questions of sustainability which have focused on population ageing, global economic turbulence and on containing current and future public social spending.The chapters present new empirical evidence in the form of in-depth comparative country studies from across Europe, offering an insight into how political actors, social partners and civil society organisations in countries associated with different welfare models address questions of sustainability and the extent to which they balance social, ecological and economic considerations. The editors conclude by mapping out ways in which welfare states can address these increasingly urgent and complex issues and facilitate an eco-social transition towards true sustainability.This book will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of comparative social policy, environmental politics and policy and climate change. Highlighting the political and structural challenges European societies face in the transition to low carbon economies, this book will also be beneficial for policymakers and practitioners in these areas.Trade Review‘When people talk about “social welfare” they are usually referring to public subsidies that are meant to reduce poverty and inequality in society. When people talk about “sustainability” they are usually talking about ecological programs that are meant to address issues like climate change and environmental degradation. Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe brings these two very basic issues together in a unique and remarkable way. This important book convincingly argues that environmental sustainability and social justice are intimately intertwined and if we are to have a sustainable future, these complex issues need to be addressed simultaneously. It also shows how different European states have attempted to address the inherent tensions found at the junctures between these fundamental issues.’ -- Sven H. Steinmo, University of Colorado, Boulder, US‘Climate change poses complex policy dilemmas for mature welfare states. This book provides a lucid discussion of the issues at stake and an insightful analysis of how they are being tackled by four European countries and the EU. A must read for understanding the multidimensional nature of what has become the greatest challenge for our future well-being and the planet's survival.’ -- Maurizio Ferrera, University of Milan, Italy‘This edited book should be applauded for insisting that environmental issues are racing up the agenda and must gain pride of place in future thinking. In particular, global heating and the climate crisis pose an existential threat to contemporary economic, social and political systems – including welfare states in the global North. It is remarkable that this book is one of very few within the field of social policy to recognise this fact.' -- From the preface by Ian GoughTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiv Ian Gough PART I RETHINKING WELFARE STATE SUSTAINABILITY 1 Welfare state sustainability in the 21st century 2 Mi Ah Schoyen, Bjørn Hvinden and Merethe Dotterud Leiren 2 Sustainable development and sustainable welfare: a changing international agenda 28 Bjørn Hvinden, Mi Ah Schoyen and Merethe Dotterud Leiren PART II QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ECO-SOCIAL TRANSITION 3 Attitudes towards climate change and economic inequality: a cross-national comparative study 53 Kristian Heggebø and Bjørn Hvinden 4 Integrating environmental issues within party manifestos: exploring trends across European welfare states 80 Judith Derndorfer, Roman Hoffmann and Hendrik Theine PART III ECO-SOCIAL POLICYMAKING (POLITICS AND POLICY) AT NATIONAL LEVEL 5 Partially institutionalized eco-social policymaking in Germany 109 Mi Ah Schoyen, Max Koch and Marianne Takle 6 Bottom-up pressures, institutional hurdles and political concerns: the long path towards an ‘eco-welfare state’ in Italy 131 Marcello Natili, Angelica Puricelli and Matteo Jessoula 7 The Norwegian sustainability paradox: leader abroad, laggard at home 153 Mi Ah Schoyen and Marianne Takle 8 The United Kingdom: a merging climate and sustainability agenda 175 Merethe Dotterud Leiren and Marianne Takle PART IV EUROPE AS A DRIVER FOR THE ECO-SOCIAL AGENDA? 9 Towards an EU eco-social agenda? From Europe 2020 to the European Green Deal 199 Sebastiano Sabato, Matteo Mandelli and Matteo Jessoula 10 Eco-social mobilization at the supranational level? The case of ‘The Right to Energy for All Europeans’ coalition 220 Matteo Jessoula and Matteo Mandelli PART V CONCLUSIONS 11 Sustainable European welfare states: the way forward 241 Bjørn Hvinden, Merethe Dotterud Leiren and Mi Ah Schoyen Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Research Agenda for Sustainability and Business
Book SynopsisHow businesses can and are acting to redress social and environmental issues is a question of growing academic interest. Bringing together a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, this insightful Research Agenda evaluates the current state of the art of sustainability and business and assesses key challenges for the field.Multidisciplinary chapters provide instrumental, economic, network and political perspectives on issues that are crucial in gaining insight into sustainability challenges facing businesses today, from socially responsible consumption behaviours and organisational resilience to climate change and sustainability transitions in extractive industries. Its diverse contributions highlight the breadth and depth of analyses and perspectives that are necessary to set a dynamic agenda for future research on sustainability and business. Advancing novel research questions and methodologies, the editors illustrate the path ahead for carrying out research that impacts the science and practice of business and sustainability, as well as creating meaningful change for our species and planet.Offering an advanced yet accessible introduction to the current state and future direction of sustainability and business, this incisive Research Agenda will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of business, sustainability studies, and environment studies. Its practical insights will also benefit MBA students and business executives moving into sustainability.Trade Review‘This timely collection offers a comprehensive review of interdisciplinary scholarship in sustainable business, alongside a future agenda for progressing research on multiple themes. An essential reference point for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers wishing to contribute to this increasingly important field of inquiry.’ -- Josephine Mylan, University of Manchester, UK‘Sustainability asks profound questions of contemporary businesses that cannot be answered through business-as-usual approaches, economists’ tendency to assume away unfortunate things, or by analyses limited to individual firms. This book resets the business and sustainability research agenda through a refreshingly multi-level perspective on key issues including supply-chains, post-pandemic resilience, degrowth and low-carbon transitions. A must-read to grasp the challenging future now unfolding for business.’ -- Ken Peattie, Cardiff University, UK‘Despite the wide use of Brundtland's 1987 definition of sustainability, the term continues to be understood differently by different actors. The editors have assembled an impressive collection of thinkers across different supply chains and governance regimes to highlight the gaps in our current understandings on how sustainability is understood and operationalised within the corporate sphere. With a good balance of conceptual chapters and case studies, this book will serve both generalist and specialist scholars alike.’ -- Helena Varkkey, University of Malaya, MalaysiaTable of ContentsContents: 1 An introduction to A Research Agenda for Sustainability and Business 1 Sally V. Russell, Rory W. Padfield and Christian Bretter 2 Sustainability agency in business: an interdisciplinary review and research agenda 19 Tiina Onkila, Satu Teerikangas, Katariina Koistinen and Marileena Mäkelä 3 A critical review of the socially responsible consumer 37 Ning Lu, Phani Kumar Chintakayala, Timothy Devinney, William Young and Ralf Barkemeyer 4 Examining both organisational environmental sustainability & organisational resilience: sketching an initial framework 53 Kerrie L. Unsworth and Rebecca Pieniazek 5 Just transition: the tension between work, employment and climate change 69 Jo Cutter, Vera Trappmann and Dunja Krause 6 Business models for sustainability: the current state of the literature and future research directions 85 Suzana Matoh, Katy Roelich and Jonatan Pinkse 7 A research agenda for green supply chain management 103 Chee Yew Wong and Qinghua Zhu 8 Researching business and sustainability in specific sectors: the example of the construction industry 119 Alice Owen and Paul Francisco 9 A research agenda for the extractive industries and the low carbon transition 135 Laura Smith, James Van Alstine and Alesia Ofori 10 Business sustainability in SMEs: towards an Afrocentric research agenda 153 Samuel Howard Quartey 11 Sustainability management tools: value of reporting and assurance 167 Kari Solomon, Sally V. Russell and Effie Papargyropoulou 12 Digital disruption: towards a research agenda for sustainability and business in a digital world 185 Rory W. Padfield, Alexandra Dales, Jyoti Mishra and Thomas Smith 13 Resilience in times of crisis: lessons learnt from COVID-19, and the future resilience of businesses and society 205 Zahra Borghei Ghomi, Layla Branicki, Stephen Brammer and Martina K. Linnenluecke 14 The need to align research on economic organisations with degrowth 217 Ben Robra and Iana Nesterova Index 233
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Giving Future Generations a Voice: Normative
Book SynopsisThis important book focuses on how newly emerging institutions for future generations can contribute to tackling large scale global environmental problems, such as threats to biodiversity and climate change. It is especially timely given the new global impetus for decarbonisation, as well as the huge growth of climate litigation and climate protest movements, often led by young people.Global environmental crises and reactions against short-term thinking have spawned new institutions aimed at giving a voice to future generations in policy-making, such as dedicated commissioners. This book looks at why we need such institutions using approaches from ethics, human rights, sustainable development, intergenerational justice and administrative law. How to design such institutions to maximise their effectiveness, operating principles for such institutions, and case studies from around the world are canvassed. A range of reform proposals are also explored, including mainstreaming future generations’ voices in parliamentary processes, commissioners for future generations, human rights-based bodies and deliberative assemblies.This collection brings together philosophers, political and social scientists, lawyers and practitioners. It provides both an introduction to the field and a scholarly in-depth set of studies. It will appeal to academics, policymakers and civil society.Trade Review‘Short-termism in policymaking is usually lamented as inexorable. We prioritize short-term policy outcomes, we often hear, because future generations are powerless. Giving Future Generations a Voice shows that it need not be so. Gathering specialists from various fields, it explores a range of institutions, from ombudspersons to citizens’ assemblies to sustainable development institutions, to better reflect future interests in present policies. It is an indispensable collection for anyone wishing to learn what grounds such institutions and how to make them work.’ -- Iñigo González Ricoy, University of Barcelona, Spain
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Global Warming and the American Economy: A
Book SynopsisThe impact of climate change on seven regions of the United States is studied in this new and accessible collection. The study examines how the different regions of the United States may be affected by climate change. In particular, the study explores whether warming would be beneficial to the northern (colder) regions but harmful to the economies of the southern (warmer) regions. The study examines important sectors of the US economy that are likely to be affected by climate change. It examines agriculture, forestry, water resources, energy, and coastal resources. Economic models are used to examine each sector and there is a separate chapter for each sector. Because the study focuses on including efficient adaptation responses, the special role of adaptation is discussed in detail. The book concludes with a discussion of the impacts across the country and in each region. Any reader interested in climate change and its impacts will find this book of detailed results enlightening. The book is especially useful for people interested in studying impact methodologies.Trade Review'This book is a good first attempt at examining the regional impacts of climate change for the United States. . . Overall, the book is an important read for those interested in climate assessment. It alerts us to the possibility that the impacts of global warming need not be homogenous, and points to the need for further research in combining basic ecological-economic modeling with plausible scenarios of technological change and globalization of the US economy.' -- Ujjayant Chakravorty, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Agriculture: Agronomic–economic Analysis 3. Agriculture: A Ricardian Analysis 4. Timber: Ecological–economic Analysis 5. Water Resources: Economic Analysis 6. Coastal Structures: Dynamic Economic Modeling 7. Energy: Cross-sectional Analysis 8. Adaption 9. Synthesis Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Instruments for Climate Policy: Limited versus
Book SynopsisThe Kyoto Protocol introduced international flexible mechanisms into climate policy and since then, the design and most effective use of flexible instruments have become key areas for climate policy research. Instruments for Climate Policy focuses on economic and political aspects related to the recent proposals and the debate on limits in flexibility, and discusses EU and US perspectives on climate policy instruments and strategies. This is followed by chapters on economic efficiency and the use of flexible instruments as well as contributions to the debate on 'when flexibility', on the arguments behind the EU ceilings proposal and on voluntary approaches to climate policy. One of the main conclusions reached with respect to proposals for limiting flexibility is the need to evaluate simultaneously their economic, ecological and international political consequences. The authors include both important policymakers and leading academics in the area.Academics, researchers, policymakers, NGOs, and journalists interested in environmental economics will all find this an illuminating volume, as will political scientists.Trade Review'This book will be invaluable both to researchers wanting to understand latest developments in theory and practice, and to those in the policy process wishing to design and implement climate change policies using the flexibility mechanisms.' -- Frank Convery, University College Dublin, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Johan Albrecht 2. Climate Policy Instruments and Strategies: EU and US Perspectives Peter Zapfel and David Gardiner 3. Economic Efficiency of Cross-Sectoral Emissions Trading in CO2 in the European Union Pantelis Capros, Leonidas Mantzos, Matti Vainio and Peter Zapfel 4. Why Did the EU Propose to Limit Emissions Trading? A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Edwin Woerdman 5. Supplementarity in the European Carbon Emission Market Johan Eyckmans and Jan Cornillie 6. On the Optimal Timing of Reductions of CO2 Emissions: An Economist’s Perspective on the Debate on ‘When Flexibility’ Henri L.F. de Groot 7. Joint Implementation as a Flexible Instrument – A CGE Analysis between a Developing and an Industrialized Country Christoph Böhringer, Klaus Conrad and Andreas Löschel 8. The Australian Greenhouse Challenge: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects for Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policy Rory Sullivan and Robin Ormerod 9. The Clean Development Mechanism: Potential, Promise and Limitations Jyoti P. Painuly 10. Risk Management of Joint Implementation and Clean Development Mechanism Projects through Carbon Investment Funds Josef Janssen 11. On the Dynamic Efficiency and Environmental Integrity of GHG Tradable Quotas Khalil Helioui Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Controlling Global Warming: Perspectives from
Book SynopsisGlobal warming is widely considered to be one of the most serious environmental problems for current and future generations. Moreover, the apparent failure of the Kyoto Protocol to effect a meaningful reduction in greenhouse gas emissions has increased the importance of economic research into new ways to control global warming. In this exhaustive study, the authors break new ground by integrating cutting edge insights on global warming from three different perspectives: game theory, cost-effectiveness analysis and public choice. For each perspective the authors provide an overview of important results, discuss the theoretical consistency of the models and assumptions, highlight the practical problems which are not yet captured by theory and explore the different applications to the various problems encountered in global warming. They demonstrate how each perspective has its own merits and weaknesses, and advocate an integrated approach as the best way forward. They also propose a research agenda for the future which encompasses the three methods to create a powerful tool for the analysis and resolution of global pollution problems. Surveying a large amount of literature and providing plentiful examples of potential applications, this extensive book combines three branches of economic research on global warming into one accessible volume. It will be widely read by students and scholars in environmental courses, environmental and resource economists, and those working in governmental and non-governmental organisations concerned with international environmental problems.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Game Theory and International Environmental Cooperation: Any Practical Application? 3. Economic Impacts of Carbon Abatement Strategies 4. On the Political Economy of International Environmental Agreements – Some Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Findings 5. Interest Group Preference for Instruments of Environmental Policy: An Overview 6. Interest Group Preference for International Emissions Trading Scheme 7. Conclusion Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Climate Policy to Combat Global
Book SynopsisIn their pursuit of policies to combat global warming, countries will find that they may also receive additional benefits which are not directly associated with the primary aim. These ancillary benefits are likely to include, for example, a reduction in pollution as a result of carbon containment policies. International Climate Policy to Combat Global Warming is one of the first books which analyses climate policy, taking account of ancillary as well as primary benefits. The author integrates ancillary benefits into the theory and explores the implications for international policy measures. Because of the private character of ancillary benefits, the author is able to treat climate policy as an impure public good which in turn has an impact on the efficient climate protection level. He highlights the general failures of the standard approach to climate policy design and goes on to propose a new approach to international negotiations on climate change. He suggests a flexible matching scheme which would help overcome free-rider incentives and which would have considerable advantages over traditional co-operative designs.By proposing a novel framework for the analysis of, and solution to, the problem of global warming, this book will be welcomed by environmental and ecological economists, policymakers and researchers of political science.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Benefits of Climate Policy 3. Climate Policy as an Impure Public Good 4. International Transfers 5. Matching Schemes 6. Summary and Conclusions A. Emissions and Targets B. Ancillary Effects C. Samuelson Condition D. Comparative Static Model E. Matching Model References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Ethics, Equity and International Negotiations on
Book SynopsisClimate change is an issue in which every human being on the planet is a potential stakeholder. Therefore, equity and ethical considerations have an important role to play in determining a climate change response strategy that will prevent the worst case scenario. In this context, the authors of this important new book attempt to provide a better understanding of the practical and analytical issues surrounding climate change negotiations. Each of the chapters reflects on an issue linked to the concepts of ethics, equity and climate change such as economics, morality, politics, rights and law, philosophy, and atmospheric science. The authors, who come from a diverse range of national, disciplinary and sectoral backgrounds, advance pragmatic policy suggestions to enhance international negotiations on climate change and highlight the value of considering more humanistic aspects in the negotiation process.Greenhouse gas emissions are widely considered to be the ultimate environmental externality and consequently an issue of great contemporary concern. This insightful and original treatment of the important issues will be welcomed by climate change negotiators, policymakers, and economic, environmental and social researchers. It will also be of interest to anyone who believes that the negotiation process may benefit from a more deep-rooted shift in social attitudes and beliefs.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Ethics, Equity and Climate Change: An Overview 2. Equity, Responsibility and Climate Change 3. Equity and Climate Change 4. Analysing Ethics, Equity and Climate Change in the Sustainomics Trans-disciplinary Framework 5. Equity and the Clean Development Mechanism: Equity, Additionality, Supplementarity 6. Ethics, Equity and the Convention on Climate Change 7. The Ethics of International Emissions Trading Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Issues in International Climate Policy: Theory
Book SynopsisClimate change is currently at the centre of scientific and political debate, and the need for well-designed international climate policies is widely recognised. Despite this, the complexity of both the climate change problem and the international negotiation process has resulted in a large number of outstanding issues which still require attention. The authors of this book attempt to address and resolve some of the problems which have remained on the climate change agenda, without serious action, for far too long.The authors contribute to the many discussions on international climate policy and provide an in-depth analysis of the main characteristics of the problem of climate change. They highlight the various potential solutions to the problem and their consequences, and look at the development and implementation of the international climate regime. Adopting a long-term perspective, they pay particular attention to the economic, institutional, political and social aspects of climate change.Issues in International Climate Policy is a comprehensive book which makes the complicated themes and issues accessible to a wider audience. It will be invaluable reading for all scientists, policymakers and environmental economists with a serious interest in climate change and the negotiation process.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Options for International Climate Policies: Towards an Effective Regime Part I: Problem Exploration and Relevant Context 2. Why Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Reasons, Issue-Linkages and Dilemmas 3. Challenges of Future Climate Policy: What Can Be Expected? 4. Global Trends and Climate Change Policies 5. Climate Change Policy in Changing Contexts: Globalization, Political Modernization and Legal Innovation Part II: Towards Solutions and Consequences of these Solutions 6. Policies and Measures in International Climate Policy: Price vs. Quantity 7. The Kyoto Mechanisms: Economic Potential, Environmental Problems and Political Barriers 8. Terrestrial Carbon Sinks and Biomass in International Climate Policies Part III: Implementation and the Development of a Climate Regime 9. Comprehensive Approaches to Differentiation of Future Climate Commitments – Some Options Compared 10. Linkages Between the Climate Change Regime and the International Trade Regime 11. Elaborating an International Compliance Regime under the Kyoto Protocol 12. Between ‘Curbing the Trends’ and ‘Business-as-Usual’: NGOs in International Climate Change Policies 13. Climate Options for the Long Term: Possible Strategies Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol: The Role
Book SynopsisThe Kyoto Protocol was a milestone event in the process of getting global climate change on to the political agenda and taking the first tentative steps towards internationally co-ordinated action. This book brings together researchers from the disciplines of law, economics, political science and sociology to analyse the instruments which have been set up to manage climate change and the institutional shifts that are required for the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The authors highlight the need for an adequate implementation structure and well designed flexible instruments to enable emissions targets to be achieved. They discuss the level of international coordination which is required for the smooth operation of flexibility mechanisms and the importance of ensuring these instruments fit within existing national structures. In some countries, there are concerns that the introduction of cap and credit trading programmes may require an overhaul of existing environmental legislation. Technical innovations will also have a critical role to play in preparing the ground for increasingly ambitious controls of GHGs. The authors emphasise the need for an evolutionary development of instruments to support such innovations and the potentially vital roles of firms and governments to help their quick diffusion. This book presents an unusual, fascinating and highly instructive mixture of approaches which will be readily accessible to a broad array of readers from a variety of scientific backgrounds. It will prove invaluable to economists, political and social scientists, lawyers, practitioners and decision-makers involved with climate change policy and international environmental law.Trade Review'It is always a pleasure to announce a good book. Given the Kyoto Protocol, the 15 essays collected in this book discuss how it can be translated into efficient policy. . . The book is well produced, has a thorough index, and should be on the shelf of every environmental regulator and those who teach environmental economics, politics and regulation.' -- Jurgen Backhaus, European Journal of Law and EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Kyoto 1. Key Instrumental and Institutional Design Issues in Climate Change Policy 2. The Kyoto Mechanisms and the Economics of their Design 3. Alternative Design Options for Emissions Trading: A Survey and Assessment of the Literature 4. To Design and Implement Climate Change Measures and the Need to Strike a Balance between Environmental Protection and International Trade Law 5. Developing Carbon Trading in Europe: Does Grandfathering Distort Competition and Lead to State Aid? 6. Legal Aspects of the Dutch Approach to CO2 Reduction 7. Legal Feasibility of Emissions Trading: Learning Points from Emissions Trading for Ozone-Depleting Substances 8. CDM in Climate Policies in the Netherlands: A Promising Tool? 9. Optimal Institutional Arrangements and Instruments for the Promotion of Energy from Renewable Sources 10. Domestic Capacity, Regional Institution and Global Negotiations: Lessons from the Netherlands–EU Kyoto Protocol Negotiation 11. Global Environmental Change Regimes: Impact Assessment on the Basis of an Extended GTAP Model Part II: After Kyoto 12. The Multi-sector Convergence Approach to Global Burden Sharing of Greenhouse Gas Reductions 13. The Dutch Energy Transition and its Institutional Problems: Report from a Stakeholder Assessment 14. Modulating Dynamics in Transport for Climate Protection 15. Institutional Change in Europe and the Implications for Climate Control Measures Index
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