Environmental policy and protocols Books

Book SynopsisThis highly accessible book gives readers a thorough and nuanced overview of European environmental law, covering on the basic framework and principles as well as substantive law. It provides much-needed insight into a crucial area of legal practice throughout the EU; at a time when environmental law in Member States is becoming ever less 'national' and EU regulation is growing in scope and importance. The book provides state-of-the-art insights into key pieces of legislation and topical developments in various areas of environmental regulation. The first part offers a succinct overview of the framework of European environmental law and the fundamental principles that govern it. This part covers the creation, implementation and enforcement of environmental regulations and includes dedicated chapters on in particular environmental impact assessment and environmental liability. The chapters in the second part offer in-depth analysis of the substantive law in key areas, including biodiversity, air quality, waste and chemicals regulation, and climate change. European environmental regulation is becoming more complex and interrelated, making it a crucial field of study for European law graduates and an area of increasing exposure to the legal profession and in industry. This much-needed book combines detailed legal analysis with a concise and accessible style, making it an ideal companion for students, academics and professionals alike.Trade Review'Within the EU, environmental law has been harmonized almost entirely. EU environmental law, however, does not only dominate national environmental policies and law within the EU member states. It also has a global impact. As EU environmental law is considered to be both innovative and effective, it is often reviewed by policymakers around the world, as well as businesses that are active on global markets. This brilliant book provides an accessible, yet comprehensive and up-to-date overview of EU environmental law.' --Jonathan Verschuuren, Tilburg University, the Netherlands'While EU environmental law is becoming increasingly complex, this book provides an essential guide to the still growing body of rules and case law. With easily accessible and concise discussions of core topics such as principles, competences, implementation and trade, and various substantive matters including water, nature and climate protection, this book is recommendable to everyone who wants to get a quick but thorough insight into the history and current state of affairs of the body of EU environmental law.' --Marjan Peeters, Maastricht University, the Netherlands'This book is an important work of reference, not only for practitioners and scholars, but for anyone interested in a thoroughly contemporary study of environmental issues.' --The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents: 1. Setting the context PART I BASICS/FRAMEWORK OF EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 2. Principles of European Environmental Law 3. Environmental law making in the EU 4: Implementation and enforcement 5. Public Participatory Rights 6. Additional tools in implementing European Environmental Law 7. Environmental and Strategic Impact Assessments 8. Environmental Liability and Environmental Crime 9. State Aid and Competition Law PART II SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATION 10. Biodiversity and Nature Conservation 11. Water protection legislation and policy 12. Noise pollution legislation and policy 13. Air pollution legislation and policy 14. Climate Change legislation and policy 15. Waste legislation and policy 16. Chemicals legislation and policy 17. Trade and the Environment Index

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Book SynopsisThe editor takes an excitingly broad and refreshing approach to environmental justice, tracing the subject from its early developments to its contemporary need for a new non-anthropocentric ontology responsive to questions of human-non-human justice. This invaluable study includes 24 of the best available research articles in the field and offers a stimulating journey into the rich ambiguities, tensions and promise of environmental justice for the 21st century and beyond.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: ‘Staying with the Trouble’ – Environmental Justice for the Anthropocene–Capitalocene Anna Grear PART I ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: TAXONOMIES AND CONCEPTUALISATIONS 1. Robert D. Bullard (1994), ‘Overcoming Racism in Environmental Decisionmaking’, Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 36 (4), May, 10–20, 39–44 2 2. Alice Kaswan (1997), ‘Environmental Justice: Bridging the Gap between Environmental Laws and “Justice”’, American University Law Review, 47 (2), 221–301 19 3. Dorceta E. Taylor (2000), ‘The Rise of the Environmental Justice Paradigm: Injustice Framing and the Social Construction of Environmental Discourses’, American Behavioral Scientist, 43 (4), January, 508–80 100 4. Robert R. Kuehn (2000), ‘A Taxonomy of Environmental Justice’, Environmental Law Reporter, 30 (9), September, 10681–703 173 PART II ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: DISTRIBUTIVE PATTERNS, STRUCTURAL UNEVENNESS 5. Luke W. Cole (1992), ‘Empowerment as the Key to Environmental Protection: The Need for Environmental Poverty Law’, Ecology Law Quarterly, 19 (4), September, 619–83 197 6. Sheila Foster (1998), ‘Justice from the Ground Up: Distributive Inequities, Grassroots Resistance, and the Transformative Politics of the Environmental Justice Movement’, California Law Review, 86 (4), July, 775–841 262 7. Rebecca Tsosie (2007), ‘Indigenous People and Environmental Justice: The Impact of Climate Change’, University of Colorado Law Review, 78 (4), Fall, 1625–77 329 8. Melissa Checker (2008), ‘Eco-Apartheid and Global Greenwaves: African Diasporic Environmental Justice Movements’, Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, 10 (4), 390–408 382 PART III ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: PROCEDURAL JUSTICE, RELATIONAL RECOGNITION 9. Daniel J. Fiorino (1990), ‘Citizen Participation and Environmental Risk: A Survey of Institutional Mechanisms’, Science, Technology, and Human Values, 15 (2), Spring, 226–43 402 10. Gordon Walker (2009), ‘Beyond Distribution and Proximity: Exploring the Multiple Spatialities of Environmental Justice’, Antipode, 41 (4), September, 614–36 420 11. Astrid Ulloa (2017), ‘Perspectives of Environmental Justice from Indigenous Peoples of Latin America: A Relational Indigenous Environmental Justice’, Environmental Justice, 10 (6), December, 175–80 443 12. Joshua C. Gellers and Chris Jeffords (2018), ‘Toward Environmental Democracy? Procedural Environmental Rights and Environmental Justice’, Global Environmental Politics, 18 (1), February, 99–121 449 PART IV ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: IDENTIFIABLE WRONGS, CORRECTIVE AND RETRIBUTIVE REPARATIONS 13. Kathy Seward Northern (1997), ‘Battery and Beyond: A Tort Law Response to Environmental Racism’, William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, 21 (3), 485–598 473 14. Tseming Yang (2002), ‘Environmental Regulation, Tort Law and Environmental Justice: What Could Have Been’, Washburn Law Journal, 41 (3), Spring, 607–28 587 15. Peter Atkins, Manzurul Hassan and Christine Dunn (2007), ‘Environmental Irony: Summoning Death in Bangladesh’, Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 39 (11), November, 2699–714 609 16. Upendra Baxi (2010), ‘Writing about Impunity and Environment: The “Silver Jubilee” of the Bhopal Catastrophe’, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 1 (1), March, 23–44 625 PART V ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: INTERROGATING THE SOCIOPOLITICAL 17. Julian Agyeman and Bob Evans (2004), ‘“Just Sustainability”: The Emerging Discourse of Environmental Justice in Britain?’, Geographical Journal, 170 (2), June, 155–64 648 18. Carmen G. Gonzalez (2011), ‘An Environmental Justice Critique of Comparative Advantage: Indigenous Peoples, Trade Policy, and the Mexican Neoliberal Economic Reforms’, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 32 (3), Spring, 723–803 658 19. Donna Houston (2013), ‘Crisis Is Where We Live: Environmental Justice for the Anthropocene’, Globalizations, 10 (3), 439–50 739 20. Joan Martinez-Alier, Leah Temper, Daniela Del Bene and Arnim Scheidel (2016), ‘Is There a Global Environmental Justice Movement?’, Journal of Peasant Studies, 43 (3), 731–55 751 PART VI ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: ONTOLOGICAL JUSTICE AND THE POLITICS OF MEANING 21. Anna Stanley (2009), ‘Just Space or Spatial Justice? Difference, Discourse, and Environmental Justice’, Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 14 (10), November, 999–1014 777 22. Anna Tsing (2012), ‘Unruly Edges: Mushrooms as Companion Species’, Environmental Humanities, 1, 141–54 793 23. David Schlosberg (2013), ‘Theorising Environmental Justice: The Expanding Sphere of a Discourse’, Environmental Politics, 22 (1), 37–55 807 24. Stacy Alaimo (2016), ‘Climate Systems, Carbon-Heavy Masculinity, and Feminist Exposure’, in Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times, Part II, Chapter 4, Minneapolis, MN, USA and London, UK: University of Minnesota Press, 91–108, 216–20 826 Index

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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. Challenging the mainstream view of the environment as either threatening or valuable, this book considers how geographic knowledge can be applied to offer a more nuanced understanding. Framed within geopolitics and using a range of methodologies, the chapters encapsulate different approaches to demonstrate how selective forms of knowledge, measurement, and spatial focus both embody and stabilize power, shaping how people perceive and respond to changing features of human-environment interactions. With key case studies analyzed throughout, this will be a timely read for geography and environmental studies scholars. It will also be beneficial to those studying political science and regional studies, as well as those working in NGOs and think tanks. Contributors include: L. Acton, B. Blue, L.M. Campbell, S. Dalby, O. Evrard, C.A. Fox, N.J. Gray, M. Himley, C. Johnson, F. Lasserre, P. Le Billon, M. Mostafanezhad, S. O'Lear, L. Olman, B. Schneider, L. Shykora, C. Sneddon, J. Swann-Quinn, M. Tadaki, P.-L. Têtu, S.D. VanDeveerTrade Review'This book maps out new research terrain by showing how geopolitics has environmental dimensions that go well beyond the national state and international relations. The rich chapters present case studies that put flesh on the bones of the programmatic arguments of Shannon O'Lear.' --Noel Castree, Manchester University, UK and the University of Wollongong, Australia'A Research Agenda for Environmental Geopolitics lays bare our assumptions about what we mean by environment and by geopolitics. O'Lear and her contributors give us the tools to make explicit the impacts of power, actors, and interests in shaping placed-based decision-making and policy (in)action.' --Geoff Dabelko, Ohio University, US'This book offers refreshing, new perspectives on environmental geopolitics that go far beyond established concerns with global environmental governance and local political ecology. In addition to shedding light on how politics influences the way we manage the environment, O'Lear and contributors reveal the myriad ways in which politics shapes how we understand and encounter the socio-natural world in which we live.' --Philip Steinberg, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Environmental geopolitics: an introduction to questions and research approaches 1 Shannon O’Lear PART I INTERPRETING AND MEASURING THE ENVIRONMENT 2 Getting the measure of nature: the inconspicuous geopolitics of environmental measurement 16 Brendon Blue and Marc Tadaki 3 Science, territory, and the geopolitics of high seas conservation 30 Noella J. Gray, Leslie Acton, and Lisa M. Campbell 4 The geopolitics of environmental global mapping services: an analysis of Global Forest Watch 44 Birgit Schneider and Lynda Olman PART II POWER, KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN–ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS 5 Conflicts, commodities and the environmental geopolitics of supply chains 59 Philippe Le Billon and Lauren Shykora 6 Underground geopolitics: science, race, and territory in Peru during the late nineteenth century 74 Matthew Himley 7 Local knowledges and environmental governance: making space for alternative futures in the Arctic circumpolar region and the Mekong River Basin 88 Coleen A. Fox and Christopher Sneddon PART III OVERCOMING SELECTIVE SPATIAL FOCUS 8 The geopolitics of transportation in the melting Arctic 105 Frédéric Lasserre and Pierre-Louis Têtu 9 Environmental geopolitics of rumor: the sociality of uncertainty during northern Thailand’s smoky season 121 Mary Mostafanezhad and Olivier Evrard 10 Digging deep: crossing scale in the Georgian mining industry 136 Jesse Swann-Quinn 11 Looking ahead: environmental geopolitics research 151 Shannon O’Lear, Simon Dalby, Corey Johnson, and Stacy D. VanDeveer Index 167

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive guide provides readers with strategies for teaching Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in all its forms, whether through formal university programmes or in the form of short courses offered to professionals and practitioners. Featuring contributions from 39 university teachers and short course trainers, the centerpiece of the book is the suite of 37 recipes for teaching different aspects of EIA. This internationally relevant resource collectively embodies and applies the best practice principles for teaching EIA, developed through a two-year research project with input from a diverse group of international experts. It provides practical and innovative learning activities with complete instructions for successful delivery, and thus represents a truly comprehensive and up-to-date contribution to the field. This latest contribution to our Elgar Guides to Teaching series serves as both a basis for reflection upon curricula and teaching practices, and as a source of inspiration for learning activities that can be adopted and adapted for different contexts by EIA teachers and trainers. It will be a valuable resource to help both new and seasoned EIA educators expand their toolbox in order to teach EIA more effectively.Trade Review‘The authors set out to provide comprehensive coverage of theory of EIA teaching and a practical resource for teachers and trainers. I think they have achieved both. Definitely something for those involved in EIA teaching or training to have on their bookshelf.’ -- Samuel J Hayes, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal'A comprehensive resource for EIA training that bridges the scholar-practitioner model. Morrison-Saunders and Pope establish sound principles for EIA teaching and present a rich collection of hands-on teaching and learning activities drawn from leading EIA educators and trainers from across the globe. This one-of-a-kind resource is an essential toolkit for those engaged in the teaching and learning of EIA - both inside and outside academia.' -- Bram Noble, University of Saskatchewan, Canada'This is a pioneering publication on teaching EIA. It provides a most valuable resource to help those teaching university students or training practitioners to expand their toolbox to contribute more effectively. In addition to the core expertise of the authors, it builds on a wealth of contributions from EIA teachers from around the world with a focus on international best practice. A particular strength is the compendium of 37 teaching recipes; these provide a wonderful cookbook of clearly structured short examples and instructions for teaching activities that can be adapted to fit different teaching contexts worldwide.' -- John Glasson, Oxford Brookes University, UK'More than a teaching manual, this book summarises what EIA teachers around the world have learned. Angus Morrison-Saunders and Jenny Pope structured guidance on What to teach, How to teach and Key learning outcomes around a set of teaching ''principles'' and seasoned them with a menu of recipes. People teaching EIA in 17 countries - from young lecturers to retired professors and including me- contributed their ''recipes'' and shared their experience on engaging with students, fostering critical thinking, and ultimately using impact assessment as a tool towards a more sustainable future.' -- Luis E. Sánchez, University of São Paulo, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I OVERVIEW AND CONTEXT 1. Introduction: setting the scene PART II ABOUT EIA TEACHING 2. Generic EIA process and curriculum 3. Developing EIA teaching principles 4. EIA teaching principles: content 5. EIA teaching principles: pedagogy 6. EIA teaching principles: skills PART III EIA TEACHING RECIPES 7. EIA process recipes 8. Principles-focused recipes 9. Teaching EIA online 10. Epilogue References Index

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive analysis of diverse areas of scholarly research on U.S. environmental policy and politics, this Handbook looks at the key ideas, theoretical frameworks, empirical findings and methodological approaches to the topic. Leading environmental policy scholars emphasize areas of emerging research and opportunities for future enquiry. Separated into five distinct thematic sections, the Handbook moves from examining political institutions, to politics and behaviour, policy tools and strategies, climate change, and finally ideas and challenges. Individually, each chapter provides readers with a clear synthesis of current research on a specific environmental policy topic. Together, they offer a thorough review of the current landscape of research in the field. Environmental studies and politics scholars will find the key case studies and in-depth theoretical discussions in this Handbook of great use. It will also be interesting reading for US policy-makers and those working in the media looking for a deeper understanding of the current state of affairs. Contributors include: M. Ahluwalia, J.E. Aldy, S.E. Anderson, K. Ard, W.F. Baber, P. Bergquist, H.L. Breetz, R.J. Brulle, P.F. Cannavò, S. Carley, S.N. Chau, A. Cheon, B.J. Cook, M. Dowiatt, D.J. Fiorino, B.J. Gerber, M. Graff, L. Hsueh, S. Hughes, D. Javeline, M. Klasic, D.M. Konisky, A. Leiserowitz, A. Lin, M. Lubell, E. Maibach, D.C. Matisoff, C. McGrory Klyza, J. Meckling, M.K. Merry, M. Mildenberger, R. O'Leary, A. Osorio, K.E. Portney, S.B. Pralle, C. Provost, C. Roser-Renouf, J.P. Shimshack, L.C. Stokes, J.W. Stoutenborough, S. Tuler, T. Van de Graaf, C. Warshaw, E.P. Weber, T. Webler, N.D. WoodsTrade Review'David Konisky and his co-authors have created the new standard text for U.S. environmental policy. Their ambitious book spans the breadth of environmental politics and policy-making, from institutions and policy tools to lobbying and climate change. Most important, these issues are presented by the best in the field. The authors list presents the Dream Team of today's powerhouse environmental politics and governance scholars.' --James Salzman, University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Santa Barbara, US'A superb collection! Konisky has brought together dozens of renowned scholars to synthesize research on the topics they know best. The volume situates U.S. environmental policy in a half-century of political history, but is equally forward-looking in its treatment of current policy challenges, especially related to the transformations needed to address climate change.' --Megan Mullin, Duke University, US'This extremely comprehensive collection of original and well-researched essays makes an important and much needed contribution to our understanding of current issues in American environmental politics and policies. By bringing together the best of current research, it will become an invaluable resource for scholars and help set future research agendas.' --David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: U.S. environmental policy research in uncertain times 1 David M. Konisky PART I POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS 2 Power, partisanship, and contingency: the president and U.S. environmental policy 11 Christopher McGrory Klyza 3 How the study of Congress and the environment can help us understand vexing problems of representation 25 Sarah E. Anderson (with Meghan Cook) 4 The Environmental Protection Agency: policy and administration in a turbulent setting 39 Brian J. Cook 5 U.S. natural resource agencies, management and policies 53 Edward P. Weber 6 American courts and U.S. environmental policy 67 Andrew Osorio and Rosemary O’Leary 7 Federalism and the states 79 Neal D. Woods 8 Local environmental policy in the United States 93 Sara Hughes PART II POLITICS AND BEHAVIOR 9 Issue framing and agenda setting 108 Sarah Pralle 10 Elections and parties in environmental politics 126 Parrish Bergquist and Christopher Warshaw 11 Interest groups in environmental policy: navigating rocky political terrain 142 Melissa K. Merry 12 Public opinion and the environment: an evolving literature 156 James W. Stoutenborough 13 Promises and challenges of citizen engagement in risk and environmental decision making 170 Seth Tuler and Thomas Webler PART III POLICY TOOLS AND STRATEGIES 14 The contested politics of environmental rulemaking 187 Colin Provost and Brian J. Gerber 15 Pricing pollution through market-based instruments 202 Joseph E. Aldy 16 Regulating by performance, not prescription: the use of performance standards in environmental policy 217 Daniel J. Fiorino and Manjyot Ahluwalia 17 Information provision 231 Jay P. Shimshack 18 Calling all volunteers: industry self-regulation on the environment 243 Lily Hsueh 19 Collaborative governance: from simple partnerships to complex systems 257 Meghan Klasic and Mark Lubell PART IV CLIMATE CHANGE 20 The dynamics of federal climate policy conflict 275 Matto Mildenberger 21 States of crisis: subnational inaction on climate change in the United States 289 Leah C. Stokes and Hanna L. Breetz 22 To engage, or not to engage? U.S. foreign policy on climate and clean energy 302 Jonas Meckling and Thijs Van de Graaf 23 Advocacy, social movements, and climate change 315 Andrew Cheon 24 Denialism: organized opposition to climate change action in the United States 328 Robert J. Brulle 25 Communication for a sustainable climate 342 Connie Roser-Renouf, Edward Maibach, and Anthony Leiserowitz 26 The unexplored politics of climate change adaptation 357 Debra Javeline and Sophia N. Chau 27 Geoengineering: imperfect yet perhaps important options for addressing climate change 373 Albert Lin PART V IDEAS AND CHALLENGES 28 Political theory and environmental ethics 390 Peter F. Cannavò 29 Deliberative democracy and the environment: flipping the script to think locally and act globally? 405 Walter F. Baber 30 Environmental justice 420 Kerry Ard and Matthew Dowiatt 31 A just U.S. energy transition 434 Sanya Carley and Michelle Graff 32 Letting the fox guard the hen house? Corporate social responsibility and environmental governance 448 Daniel C. Matisoff 33 Sustainability and public policy 463 Kent E. Portney Index 477

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Book SynopsisEconomic issues arise in almost every water policy context. Water is of most concern when scarce, but physical scarcity is often overcome as human beings move water from place to place, sometimes creating monumental structures. The roles that cost and economic value play in water resource allocation are implicit, but often poorly understood. This second edition clarifies the role of economics and offers material that can be applied to water resource allocation problems around the world. Topics covered include: groundwater, floods and droughts, in situ uses of water, and institutions and law. New to the book is an exploration of water issues outside the United States as well as a new application of behavioral and experimental economics to the topic.A concise introduction to issues of water quality and quantity in both urban and agricultural settings, Water Resource Economics and Policy will be a valuable resource or text for students and researchers in the fields of agricultural economics, geography, law, and hydrology. Those involved in water resource agencies and private utilities will also find the book a useful reference.Acclaim for the first edition:'This textbook is written for first-year graduate students and senior level undergraduates in economics. ... Graduate students in geography, water resources, and environmental management should also be interested. The well-done helpful diagrams and charts are those expected for a textbook in economics at this level. In every chapter many interesting real-world examples illustrate the concept being discussed. Some chapters have easy-to-read case studies set off from the text. ... I plan on keeping this excellent book as a shelf reference and would willingly adopt it for a class in water resource economics.' - Donald E. Agthe, Journal of the American Water Resources Association'This is a much-needed book, which introduces the interested reader to the economics of water resource allocation, and analyzes relevant policy issues derived from all over the world. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first book which is focused on communicating the basic economic concepts that govern water resources allocation. ... The lively writing style of W. Douglass Shaw, which is enriched with excellent examples and case studies from various countries, makes this book an obvious choice for a textbook in relevant courses ... this excellent book should be a compulsory reading for all of us who work in the field of water resources management.' - Phoebe Koundouri, Ecological EconomicsTrade ReviewAcclaim for the first edition:‘This textbook is written for first-year graduate students and senior level undergraduates in economics. . . Graduate students in geography, water resources, and environmental management should also be interested. The well-done helpful diagrams and charts are those expected for a textbook in economics at this level. In every chapter many interesting real-world examples illustrate the concept being discussed. Some chapters have easy-to-read case studies set off from the text. . . I plan on keeping this excellent book as a shelf reference and would willingly adopt it for a class in water resource economics.’ -- Donald E. Agthe, Journal of the American Water Resources Association‘This is a much-needed book, which introduces the interested reader to the economics of water resource allocation, and analyzes relevant policy issues derived from all over the world. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first book which is focused on communicating the basic economic concepts that govern water resources allocation. . . The lively writing style of W. Douglass Shaw, which is enriched with excellent examples and case studies from various countries, makes this book an obvious choice for a textbook in relevant courses. . . this excellent book should be compulsory reading for all of us who work in the field of water resources management.’ -- Phoebe Koundouri, Ecological EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to water resources, water law, and water resource economics 2. Review of basic microeconomics applied to water resources 3. Water quality issues 4. Water prices and rates for residential use 5. Water and agriculture 6. Uncertainty, risk, and water resources 7. Groundwater 8. In situ uses of water: recreational and environmental values 9. Floods, droughts, and the role of dams 10. Water issues outside the United States 11. Experimental and behavioral economics and water 12. Summary, conclusions, and suggestions for future research Index

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Book SynopsisEconomic issues arise in almost every water policy context. Water is of most concern when scarce, but physical scarcity is often overcome as human beings move water from place to place, sometimes creating monumental structures. The roles that cost and economic value play in water resource allocation are implicit, but often poorly understood. This second edition clarifies the role of economics and offers material that can be applied to water resource allocation problems around the world. Topics covered include: groundwater, floods and droughts, in situ uses of water, and institutions and law. New to the book is an exploration of water issues outside the United States as well as a new application of behavioral and experimental economics to the topic.A concise introduction to issues of water quality and quantity in both urban and agricultural settings, Water Resource Economics and Policy will be a valuable resource or text for students and researchers in the fields of agricultural economics, geography, law, and hydrology. Those involved in water resource agencies and private utilities will also find the book a useful reference.Acclaim for the first edition:'This textbook is written for first-year graduate students and senior level undergraduates in economics. ... Graduate students in geography, water resources, and environmental management should also be interested. The well-done helpful diagrams and charts are those expected for a textbook in economics at this level. In every chapter many interesting real-world examples illustrate the concept being discussed. Some chapters have easy-to-read case studies set off from the text. ... I plan on keeping this excellent book as a shelf reference and would willingly adopt it for a class in water resource economics.' - Donald E. Agthe, Journal of the American Water Resources Association'This is a much-needed book, which introduces the interested reader to the economics of water resource allocation, and analyzes relevant policy issues derived from all over the world. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first book which is focused on communicating the basic economic concepts that govern water resources allocation. ... The lively writing style of W. Douglass Shaw, which is enriched with excellent examples and case studies from various countries, makes this book an obvious choice for a textbook in relevant courses ... this excellent book should be a compulsory reading for all of us who work in the field of water resources management.' - Phoebe Koundouri, Ecological EconomicsTrade ReviewAcclaim for the first edition:‘This textbook is written for first-year graduate students and senior level undergraduates in economics. . . Graduate students in geography, water resources, and environmental management should also be interested. The well-done helpful diagrams and charts are those expected for a textbook in economics at this level. In every chapter many interesting real-world examples illustrate the concept being discussed. Some chapters have easy-to-read case studies set off from the text. . . I plan on keeping this excellent book as a shelf reference and would willingly adopt it for a class in water resource economics.’ -- Donald E. Agthe, Journal of the American Water Resources Association‘This is a much-needed book, which introduces the interested reader to the economics of water resource allocation, and analyzes relevant policy issues derived from all over the world. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first book which is focused on communicating the basic economic concepts that govern water resources allocation. . . The lively writing style of W. Douglass Shaw, which is enriched with excellent examples and case studies from various countries, makes this book an obvious choice for a textbook in relevant courses. . . this excellent book should be compulsory reading for all of us who work in the field of water resources management.’ -- Phoebe Koundouri, Ecological EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to water resources, water law, and water resource economics 2. Review of basic microeconomics applied to water resources 3. Water quality issues 4. Water prices and rates for residential use 5. Water and agriculture 6. Uncertainty, risk, and water resources 7. Groundwater 8. In situ uses of water: recreational and environmental values 9. Floods, droughts, and the role of dams 10. Water issues outside the United States 11. Experimental and behavioral economics and water 12. Summary, conclusions, and suggestions for future research Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive book unravels the complexities of the grassland systems of Mongolia and northern China to identify the ways in which policies and incentives can be strengthened to improve grassland condition and herder livelihoods. Through an interdisciplinary lens, combining environmental economics and grassland science, contributors unpack the preferences, attitudes and behavioural responses of Asian grassland actors to new and alternative policies. Offering a comparative analysis of policies and incentives in China and Mongolia, chapters focus on understanding ex ante behavioural responses, arguing convincingly for a mix of incentives and associated policy measures that can both improve grassland conditions and align with the preferences of herders and officials. Featuring a unique interdisciplinary focus and comparative approach, this book is crucial reading for grassland and rangeland scientists in China, Mongolia and beyond as well as grassland officials seeking new policies and a better understanding of their impact. Academics and researchers of the environment and ecology in China, Mongolia and Asia more broadly will also find this book a fascinating insight into environmental livelihoods and contemporary grassland experiences. Contributors include: J. Addison, K. Behrendt, J. Bennett, C. Brown, D. Bukhbat, L. Dorjburegdaa, U. Gombosuren, Q. Guanghua, H. Guodong, X. Hou, G. Jargalsaihan, D. Kemp, P. Li, E.-O. Lkhagvadorj, S. Waldron, B. Zhang, J. Zhang, Y. Zhang, M. Zhao Mengli, W. ZhongwuTrade Review'This well-organized and clearly written edited volume is a pleasure to read. If you could have but one book on your shelf regarding steppe grassland environments and use, this should be it. The comparative approach is most effective, offering excellent detail and comprehensive information throughout. Contributors address seminal issues from a wealth of perspectives and continuously challenge readers at all levels of familiarity to consider the interplay between environments, economics, and policy implementation.' --Gregory Veeck, Western Michigan University, US'This book reports a multi-disciplinary examination of the fundamental dilemma of reconciling the long-term improvement of herder livelihoods with ensuring the future sustainability of the national environmental resource that grasslands represent. Building on more than three decades of research on the grasslands of China, the authors address the complex issues currently involved from many perspectives including both a sophisticated questioning of herders and a detailed modelling of their present situation. Realistic possible solutions to the dilemma are put forward and evaluated.' --John W. Longworth, President, International Association of Agricultural Economists (1989-1991)Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Andrew Campbell xv 1 Introduction 1 Colin G. Brown, Qiao Guanghua, Lkhagvadorj Dorjburegdaa, Jane Addison, David Kemp, Han Guodong, Udval Gombosuren, Karl Behrendt, Jeff Bennett and Li Ping 2 Institutions and macrodevelopments 12 Jane Addison, Colin G. Brown, Enkh-Orchlon Lkhagvadorj, Zhang Jing, Scott Waldron, Zhang Bao and Duinkherjav Bukhbat 3 Grassland livestock systems 48 David Kemp, Han Guodong, Li Ping, Wang Zhongwu, Zhao Mengli, Udval Gombosuren, Gantuya Jargalsaihan, Zhang Yingjun, Hou Xiangyang and Jane Addison 4 Grassland environmental services 78 David Kemp, Li Ping, Jane Addison, Karl Behrendt, Wang Zhongwu, Han Guodong, Zhao Mengli, Udval Gombosuren and Hou Xiangyang 5 Efficiency of marketing systems 96 Colin G. Brown, Enkh-Orchlon Lkhagvadorj, Zhang Jing, Lkhagvadorj Dorjburegdaa, Qiao Guanghua and Zhang Bao 6 Herders as agents of change 120 Jane Addison, Enkh-Orchlon Lkhagvadorj, Lkhagvadorj Dorjburegdaa, Zhang Bao and Li Ping 7 Understanding policies and preferences 146 Jeff Bennett, Li Ping, Zhang Bao, Enkh-Orchlon Lkhagvadorj and Duinkherjav Bukhbat 8 Strengthening policy incentives 165 Colin G. Brown, Jeff Bennett, Qiao Guanghua, Lkhagvadorj Dorjburegdaa, Jane Addison, Udval Gombosuren, David Kemp, Han Guodong, Karl Behrendt and Li Ping Index 177

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Dictionary brings together an extensive range of definitive terms in ecological economics. Assembling contributions from distinguished scholars, it provides an intellectual map to this evolving subject ranging from the practical to the philosophical. Following an insightful review of the intellectual and organisational origins of this topic by Joan Martínez-Alier, over 1,100 terms are thoroughly defined with their meanings and uses in ecological economics explained. In addition, most of the terms include recommendations for further reading to provide greater context and understanding, alongside citations to allow for further illustration on how a term is used in the field. Encompassing a broad overview of the field, this Dictionary will be a useful reference for students at all levels, alongside faculty and researchers. It will also be an informative resource for government and NGO professionals in environmental conservation to better understand the crucial vocabulary that governs their field.Trade Review‘The Dictionary of Ecological Economics will prove essential to living in the Anthropocene. The words we use and how we use them affect how we engage with nature and each other. Using more systemic words and giving systemic meaning to old words is essential for the survival of people and other species.’ -- Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, US‘In the age of Google do we really need a dictionary of anything, much less ecological economics? The answer is Yes! If you need consistent, citable definitions from an authoritative source for your next journal article or just to satisfy your curiosity, this is the place to go.’ -- Robert Costanza, University College London, UK

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Book SynopsisSustainable development brings together a series of normative themes related to negotiating environmental limits, to addressing equity, needs and development, and to the process of transformation and transition. To mark the 30th Anniversary of Our Common Future (1987), that first placed sustainable development on the global agenda, the editors have brought together a group of international scholars from a range of social science backgrounds. They have discussed these same themes ? looking backwards in terms of what has been achieved, assessing the current situation with respect to sustainable development, and looking forwards to identify the key elements of the future agenda. This book presents a series of critical reflections on these enduring themes. The overriding concern is with the present and with the future as the editors seek to explore the question: What next for sustainable development?Trade Review'This book is a masterful round up of 30 years of sustainable development thinking by some of the topic's most renowned and deep thinkers. The authors expose the progress made in the last 30 years, but also many gaps, flaws and more dangerous trends accompanying our times. Sustainable development now involves more forward and critical ideas, such as de-growth, critiques of fossil capitalism, insistence on equity and redistribution, moving towards ethics of care and eco-social policies focused on satisfying human needs within planetary boundaries. This book thus is a timely summary and renewed introduction to a complex and engaging body of thought, a path forward for the possibility of global human progress in troubled times.' --Julia Steinberger, University of Leeds, UK'The editors have brought together a distinguished international team of social scientists from different disciplines to assess the legacy of the landmark Brundtland report, Our Common Future (1987), along with the present and future prospects for sustainable development in the Anthropocene. The world is at a critical ecological juncture. This book is a must read for anyone seeking to understand how to accelerate the transition to a more equitable development path that can safe-guard both local ecosystems and Earth Systems.' --Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne, Australia'Is sustainable development ''everything'' or ''something''? This edited volume makes a very important contribution to the discourse on critically analyzing the content, process and outcomes of sustainable development politics and policies; a discourse very different from the United Nations sponsored program for promoting sustainable development, which has been seriously ''stymied'' and ''diluted'' at the international and national levels of implementation.' --Carlo Aall, Western Norway Research Institute, and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: Forward Preface 1. Introduction James Meadowcroft, David Banister, Erling Holden, Oluf Langhelle, Kristin Linnerud and Geoffrey Gilpin Part I Setting the Context 2. Our Common Future in Earth Systems perspective Simon Dalby 3. A normative model of sustainable development: how do countries comply? Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden, Geoffrey Gilpin and Morten Simonsen Part II Negotiating environmental limits 4. The global sustainability challenges in the future: the energy use, materials supply, pollution, climate change and inequality nexus Harald Ulrik Sverdrup 5. Implications of deep decarbonisation pathways for sustainable development Sabine Fuss 6. Brundtland+30: the continuing need for an indicator of environmental sustainability Paul Ekins and Arkaitz Usubiaga Part III Equity, needs and development 7. Sustainability and redistribution Iris Borowy 8. Necessities and luxuries: how to combine redistribution with sustainable consumption Ian Gough 9. Taming equity in multilateral climate politics: A shift from responsibilities to capacities Sonja Klinsky and Aarti Gupta Part IV Transitions and transformation 10. The Transition to Sustainability as Interbeing . . . or: from oncology to ontology Felix Rauschmayer 11. Taking climate change and transformations to sustainability seriously Karen O’Brien 12. Sustainability and the politics of transformations: from control to care in moving beyond Modernity Andy Stirling 13. Politics and technology: deploying the state to accelerate socio-technical transitions for sustainability Oluf Langhelle, James Meadowcroft, and Daniel Rosenbloom Part V Facing the future 14. Beyond limits: making policy in a climate changed world Eva Lövbrand 15. A Future for Sustainable Development? David Banister 16. What Next for Sustainable Development? David Banister, Erling Holden, Oluf Langhelle, Kristin Linnerud, James Meadowcroft and Geoffrey Gilpin Index

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Book SynopsisFacts and feelings constitute a complex tension in modern science. Not only can public opinion deviate from scientific knowledge, but that knowledge itself can be lacunose or contradicting. Managing Facts and Feelings in Environmental Governance examines this internal friction, between the need to engage the public in the importance of environmental governance and the demand of professional expertise to address the issues that arise. This timely and insightful book acknowledges the growing role of behavioural science in the determination of environmental policy, regulation and decision-making, providing astute guidance to decision-makers regarding how to balance the needs of public participation procedures and professional expertise. Its multidisciplinary approach provides new insights in the field of public participation, enabling further analysis of environmental psychology, equality law and fundamental rights and offers concrete guidance on how to approach natural science in court. Engaging with the role that the precautionary principle can play in balancing tensions between public and academic spheres, this book includes a state-of-the-art account of the precautionary approach under EU and International Law. Combining law in action with academic approaches, this book is a must-read for scholars of environmental law, governance and regulation. It also offers valuable guidance for decision-makers and NGOs active in environmental protection, as well as environmental lawyers at national, European and international levels.Trade Review‘The book is a valuable contribution to current scholarship and practice in environmental law, and it is especially significant in inviting further studies on these issues.’ -- Anne Saab, Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law'This book enriches the existing literature on environmental law and policy by discussing the often underestimated influence of facts and feelings on policy decisions. Its scientific approach and the wide experience of the contributors have generated a full consideration of all facets of the problem, including the points of view of industry, environmentalists, scientists and judges. Participation problems, the precautionary principle, the innovation principle and the judges' problems of making decisions in cases of tensions between facts and feelings are discussed in detail. The book presents an innovative and thought-inspiring insight into the challenges and difficulties of environmental decision-making.' --Ludwig Krämer, Derecho y Medio Ambiente S.L., SpainTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction Lorenzo Squintani, Jan Darpö, Luc Lavrysen and Peter-Tobias Stoll Part 1 The Inclusion and Management of the Feelings and Opinions of the Public in Environmental Decision-Making 2. Public Participation in Decision-Making on Energy Projects: When Does it Lead to Better and More Acceptable Energy Projects? Goda Perlaviciute 3. Towards Equal Opportunities in Public Participation in Environmental Matters in the European Union Lorenzo Squintani and Hendrik Schoukens 4. When Feelings Become Scientific Facts: Valuing Cultural Ecosystem Services and Taking Them Into Account in Public Decision-Making Alexandra Aragão Part II Scientific Evidence In Environmental Judicial Proceedings 5. Understanding the Nuts and Bolts: Scientific and Technical Knowledge in Environmental Litigation: National Solutions, EU Requirements and Current Challenges Jan Darpö 6. Scientific Facts and Litigants' Feelings: Practical Innovations From the Vermont Environmental Court and Other Jurisdictions Merideth Wright 7. Scientific evidence in Swedish courts: the use of technical judges for better integration of scientific data in environmental decision-making Mikael Schultz Part III The Precautionary Principle: A Challenged Tool to Manage Scientific Uncertainty 8. Of Fear and Prudence: Precaution Through Better Regulation and Innovation Peter-Tobias Stoll 9. The Limits to Precaution in International Trade Law: From WTO Law to EU Trade Agreements Wybe Th. Douma 10. Conclusions: facts and feelings as catalysts for environmental administration 3.0 Lorenzo Squintani, Jan Darpö, Luc Lavrysen and Peter-Tobias Stoll Index

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Book SynopsisIn this authoritative book, leading international experts examine the use of scenario analyses and modelling in environmental assessments, highlighting their potential uses in making evidence-based decisions to address the risks and adverse impacts of rapid environmental change such as global warming and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In addition to theoretical and conceptual issues, contributors analyse the latest research on the applications of scenarios and models, and discuss the opportunities and challenges in using them for policy relevant research and action. Chapters include in-depth case studies from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America as well as those with a global or regional focus, providing a comprehensive review of the available tools and frameworks for conducting environmental assessments in diverse contexts. This book offers a roadmap for strengthening the science policy interface for environmental decision-making. Environmental Assessments will be crucial reading for scholars, postgraduate students, practitioners and policy makers working in ecological economics and ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem services, climate change and natural resources. It will be particularly useful for those working for international and intergovernmental agencies, national governments, businesses and NGOs looking to make informed decisions about responses to environmental change.Trade Review‘This book is an important contribution to research on environmental models, providing a comprehensive overview of the literature on building scenarios and how these can contribute in decision-making to reduce risks to planetary health and human well-being.’ -- Purnamita Dasgupta, Ecology, Economy and Society'This is an excellent collection of the latest state-of-the-art work on environmental scenario analysis and long-term modelling from within the social sciences. It provides essential conceptual, methodological and empirical insights to anyone working on understanding the long-term and complex causes and implications of environmental problems.' --Andreas Kontoleon, University of Cambridge, UK'One of the less obvious benefits of international assessments is spin-off books on topics flagged in the assessments. This book picks up on several issues identified in the IPBES methodological assessment of biodiversity scenarios and models. Aside from a very useful set of chapters on methodology, it includes a number of applications to marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and urban systems. Dr Ninan is to be congratulated for bringing together such an interesting and informative collection.' --Charles Perrings, Arizona State University, US'As we move deeper into the Anthropocene, the need deepens for assessments of the complex interactions between man and his environment. This book is a big step towards filling this gap. It provides interesting assessments on a row of important topics from seafoods to forestry, management of invasive species to climate and fisheries or municipal planning. The book draws extensively on good expertise from a range of important countries, including many in the developing world. Strongly recommended reading for everyone interested in ecosystems and global change.' --Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Anne Larigauderie Preface 1 Introduction 1 K.N. Ninan PART I THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES 2 Developing national scale integrated social-ecological scenarios for Canada’s oceans and marine fisheries 37 Louise S.L. Teh, William W.L. Cheung and U. Rashid Sumaila 3 Improving estimates of the economic effects of climate change in integrated assessment models 51 Lydia F. Prieg and Dmitry Yumashev 4 Monitoring and projecting land use and land cover change at multiple spatial scales 68 Isabel M.D. Rosa PART II APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES 5 The future value of ecosystem services: global scenarios and national implications 81 Ida Kubiszewski, Robert Costanza, Sharolyn Anderson and Paul Sutton 6 Models and strategies for prioritizing the control of invasive exotic weeds in protected areas: theoretical and pragmatic challenges 109 Clement A. Tisdell, Bruce A. Auld and Stephen B. Johnson 7 Modelling the role of livestock intensification and deforestation in Brazil’s nationally determined contribution on emissions mitigation 126 Rafael De Oliveira Silva, Luis Gustavo Barioni and Dominic Moran 8 Spatial modelling and BAU scenario analysis of Cambodian forest 143 Ram Avtar, Ridhika Aggarwal and Rajesh Bahadur Thapa 9 Climate change and British Columbia’s staple seafood supply and prices 162 U. Rashid Sumaila and Vicky W.Y. Lam 10 Key socio-economic drivers for environmental change in Latin America and the Caribbean since 1960: trends, interactions and impacts 179 Ramón Pichs-Madruga 11 Ecosystem service assessment and mapping for sustainable management of wetlands in Kerala, India 200 Michael Sinclair, Andrea Ghermandi, Sheela A. Moses and Sabu Joseph 12 The Scenario Collaboratory: a framework for integrating environmental assessments and scenarios into municipal planning 215 Liliana Caughman, Noel Plemmons, Fletcher Beaudoin, Michele Crim and Vivek Shandas 13 Participatory modelling in adaptive environmental management: a case study in semi-arid northern Nicaragua 231 Federica Ravera, David Tarrasón, Klaus Hubacek, Roberto Molowny-Horas and Jan Sendzimir Index 249

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Book SynopsisUtilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China’s decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the political rationalities of Chinese leaders for decarbonization and the governing techniques and technologies at multiple levels of governance. Demonstrating the potential of combining the use of juridical, administrative and governmental powers, Zhang holistically considers the success of the state in instigating low-carbon transitions in China and mitigating climate disaster. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the art of greening the Chinese financial system and how this links to a wider formulation of carbon governmentality, highlighting the rise of the carbon governmental state through a range of governmental technologies. Engaging with a wide range of primary data from both national and local levels, the author uncovers profound lessons in low-carbon transitions for other states in the making of a carbon neutral world. This cutting-edge book offers key insights for scholars and researchers of environmental governance and its importance in mitigating climate change, particularly those with a key focus on Chinese climate policy. It will also benefit government officials, researchers and consultants investigating potential avenues for low-carbon transition and climate action.Trade Review‘Suffice to say it is truly original and illuminating. She shows how China’s government has successfully combined discourse and leadership with an evolving range of policy instruments to bring about the widely recognized achievements in constraining the rise of carbon emissions.’ -- Philip Andrews-Speed, The China QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: 1. The China phenomenon 2. Understanding China’s low-carbon transitions in theory 3. Beneath China’s low-carbon transitions: political rationalities 4. Beneath China’s low-carbon transitions: governing techniques and technologies 5. Greening the financial system in China 6. Localizing the low-carbon transition: a tale of three Chinese cities 7. Conclusion: the rise of a carbon governmental state in China References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book offers a critical account of key governance challenges of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Illustrating China’s efforts to expand its idea of a sustainable eco-civilization, thereby ‘greening’ the BRI, it explores the disputes that have emerged from this process and subsequent complications resulting from geopolitical competition. R. James Ferguson presents a critical analysis of China’s Green BRI, discussing the environmental impact of BRI corridors and its overall importance in harmonising the twin policy agendas of human development and environmental preservation. The author evaluates security and geopolitical challenges for the BRI in the context of China’s new globalism and emerging asymmetric co-governance. Demonstrating the need for improved governance of the BRI for a sustainability transition in global affairs, Ferguson suggests a range of strategies to compete with, complement or transform the BRI into a more multilaterized Green BRI. This cutting-edge book is crucial reading for academics and researchers in political science and international relations focusing on contemporary Chinese governance and the significance of sustainable development for the BRI. Its unique practical insights and policy recommendations will also benefit policy advisors and environmental organizations that are engaging with green governance issues.Trade Review‘If the future direction of China's Belt and Roads initiative has baffled you, this book is the key to unlock its mysteries. The author – a world authority on the subject – not only provides a clear account of what has happened in the “greening” of the Belt and Roads since its inception, but also places the analysis within the context of the raging controversy about Chinese foreign policy. Ferguson provides a compelling case for a more sober debate regarding Beijing's attempt to bring human development and environmental needs into harmony. This is a must-read for anyone who has an interest in the future.’ -- Joseph M. Siracusa, Curtin University (Perth) and Australia Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: PART I GREENING THE BELT AND ROAD 1. Green silk: China’s governance gamble 2. Eco-Civilizations in the global context 3. Greening the Belt and Road Initiatives 4. Knowledge production for the BRI: open narratives as networked power 5. Central and northern corridors as governance challenges PART II THE SECURITY NEXUS 6. Contested maritime and Pacific links 7. China: a net security stakeholder? PART III CHINA’S CHALLENGED VISION OF GLOBAL ORDER 8. China’s new globalism: engaging the opposition? 9. The China paradox: asymmetric co-governance PART IV CONCLUSION – THE NEED FOR REFORM 10. Evolving beyond the global governance deficit Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on first hand interview data with experts and government officials, Olivia Gippner develops a new analytical framework to explore the vested interests and policy debates surrounding Chinese climate policy-making. Scrutinising the ''turf wars'' that have erupted between bureaucratic institutions competing for resources, promotions and access, this innovative book unpacks the histories and trajectories of Chinese climate policies, placing them in the context of the international politics of climate change. Gippner's new framework is deployed in detailed case studies based on the 2°C target, emissions trading and carbon capture and storage to illustrate the timing and scale of climate policy adoption. This book will appeal to researchers exploring the creation and establishment of Chinese policy and the influence from other countries, in particular the EU's climate policy promotion. Environmental politics and climate policy researchers looking to expand their research field will also benefit from this book's unique framework of analysis. Policymakers and the growing think tank community in this field will value details from first-hand interviews with Chinese government officials and climate change negotiators.Trade Review‘As far as I am concerned, the contributions of the study are threefold. First, from a theoretical point of view, the study contributes to the literature on bureaucratic politics and EU external governance. Second, it features a research approach that combines process tracing with case study research, thereby providing insights regarding the combination of research methods. Finally, it offers empirical insights for the growing research agenda that deals with Chinese climate policymaking, internal politics and the role of external international actors. This book is a great accomplishment and is bound to inspire further fascinating debates and research on Chinese climate change policy.’ -- Haoliang Zhang, Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental LawTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Explaining Climate Policy Adoption and Role of external actors 3. Background 4. Actors in China’s Climate Policy-Promotion 5. Case Study 1: 2° C Temperature Target 6. Case Study 2: Emissions Trading 7. Case Study 3: Carbon Capture and Storage 8. Analysis: Connecting Domestic and International Influences on Policy Adoption 9. Chinese Climate Policy and the European Union during the Hu-Wen Leadership (2003-2013) 10. Bibliography 11. Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book analyses the status of hydrocarbon energy in Russia as both a saleable commodity and as a source of societal and political power. Through empirical studies in domestic and foreign policy contexts, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen explores the development of a hydrocarbon culture in Russia and the impact this has on its politics, identity and approach to climate change and renewable energy. Cogent and compelling, this book demonstrates how the Russian state leverages its oil and gas reserves in order to create and maintain power both domestically and internationally. Tynkkynen uses empirical studies of key topics such as the national gas programme Gazprom, the Arctic, climate discourse and anthropogenic climate change denial, and the Russia-Finland energy trade to critically examine the situation. The book concludes with a convincing argument for the potential of renewable energy to build a more resilient and sustainable future for Russia and how this might be achieved. This will prove crucial reading for scholars and students of Russian and Eastern European studies and energy and environmental studies, as well as geographers, anthropologists and political scientists. Those working in governments, international organizations and corporations with an interest in Russian energy will also find its insights useful.Trade Review'With a geographer's eye for the importance of space and an eclectic theoretical toolkit, Tynkkynen provides fresh insights into the workings of hydrocarbon culture in Russia. This book's analyses of the relationships between Russia s dependence on fossil fuels and the science of climate change is especially interesting, not least because Tynkkynen offers his own perspectives--and concrete recommendations--on what it will take for Russia to move beyond hydrocarbon culture and embrace a renewable energy future.' --Douglas Rogers, Yale University, US'This fascinating journey through Russia's energy politics is a great read for those interested in Russia's political developments and priorities. The book offers carefully documented insights into energy politics. At the same time, the broader picture - foreign policy consequences, challenges in the Arctic, prospects of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the country's future ''green economy'' - is always clearly and engagingly in view.' --Elana Wilson Rowe, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway'In this book, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen provides a well-informed perspective on Russia as an energy superpower. Russia presents a formidable obstacle to efforts to tackle climate change, since its dependence on fossil fuels has become deeply entrenched in its domestic political institutions and foreign policy. However, by pointing to Russia's forestry resources and potential as a ''green superpower'', Tynkkynen does show a possible way forward.' --Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction – hydrocarbon culture amidst a changing climate 2. Russia’s energy via a spatial prism – energy flows in a mycelium of power 3. Energy as domestic power – the case of Gazifikatsiya Rossii 4. Energy as international power – the case of Russian–Finnish energy trade 5. The national taboo of hydrocarbon culture – changing the Arctic environment 6. The global taboo of hydrocarbon culture – “There is no climate change” 7. The climate is changing Russia – from a hydrocarbon to an ecological culture References Index

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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

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Book SynopsisEvery unpacked frontline is one cutting edge of an economic system and political ideology that is destroying life on earth. Revealing our ecosystems to be under a sustained attack, Nick Meynen finds causes for hope in unconventional places. 'In his wide-ranging journalism and writing, Nick Meynen has been vividly mapping struggles for justice around the world. His new book is a rich collection of the human stories of those struggles, from resistance to mining in India and Greece, to land grabbing in Uganda, to a landmark climate lawsuit in the Netherlands. The book harnesses the power of lived experience to bring our most urgent, high-stakes policy debates to life, and it deserves a wide international audience.' Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

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Book SynopsisAn ACE National Strategic Planning Framework for the United States is a game changer for climate action. After decades of inspired but fragmented efforts, 150 highly diverse Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) leaders joined forces in 2020 to build a strategic roadmap for encouraging, informing, and empowering the public to tackle the climate crisis. Their goal: push the United States and other nations to meet - and exceed - the targets of the Paris Agreement in the fastest and most equitable way possible, namely, by empowering the people.

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Book SynopsisThis important Research Handbook provides a guide to navigating the tangled array of laws and policies available to counter the multiple threats of ocean acidification. It investigates the limitations and opportunities for addressing ocean acidification under global governance frameworks, including multilateral environmental agreements, law of the sea and human rights instruments. The book also describes regional and national approaches and challenges in responding to ocean acidification. The special vulnerabilities of the Arctic, Antarctic and South Pacific are highlighted. Limited responses by regional sea programmes and regional fisheries management organizations are summarized. Case studies are provided from Australia, Brazil, China and the United States. This discerning Research Handbook will be a welcome read for policy makers and students with an interest in the laws and policies of marine governance and climate change. This will also be an ideal read for those who are interested in the pressing environmental issues facing the world community.Trade Review‘. . . the edited collection makes for an excellent contribution to the literature on ocean acidification. Many of the contributions address issues that have not yet received much scholarly attention, while those that cover more familiar topics provide new perspectives and track recent developments in the legal and policy response to ocean acidification. Research Handbook on Ocean Acidification Law and Policy certainly succeeds in providing “a navigational guide to the tangled currents” of responding to ocean acidification at the global, regional and national levels. For this, the editors and the contributors are to be commended. Hopefully this guide will not only be the basis for further scholarly investigation of the different challenges ocean acidification presents, but will also be read by policymakers at different levels of governance and go some way to steering them towards more effective responses to continuing ocean acidification.’ -- Philipp Peter Nickels, The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law‘Like climate change, ocean acidification is caused by rising carbon dioxide emissions. However, unlike the former, its adverse impacts on the marine ecosystems globally, biological diversity, human rights and food security are largely unaddressed. This Research Handbook draws attention to this gap in law and policy; a gap in dire need of closing. The opportunities, the book suggests, lie in regional, national and sub-national responses. The success depends on whether governments rise to this major challenge. In this context, the book is an alarm bell.’ -- Christina Voigt, University of Oslo, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Ocean Acidification Law and Policy 1 David L VanderZwaag, Nilüfer Oral, and Tim Stephens PART I SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT 2 Ocean acidification: scientific understanding and challenges 11 Dan Laffoley, John M Baxter, Elizabeth B Jewett, Maureen T Brooks and Nelson A Lagos PART II GLOBAL LAW AND POLICY 3 Implications of the Paris Agreement for Action on Ocean Acidification within the UNFCCC 24 Ellycia R Harrould-Kolieb 4 Ocean acidification and multilateral environmental agreements 37 Naporn Popattanachai and Elizabeth A Kirk 5 Maritime transport and ocean acidification 53 Beatriz Martinez Romera 6 Ocean acidification and a new treaty on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction 61 Joanna Mossop 7 Food security, fisheries and ocean acidification: a human rights based approach 74 Hilal Elver and Nilüfer Oral PART III REGIONAL LAW AND POLICY 8 Regional seas programmes and ocean acidification 94 Kerry Tetzlaff 9 Regional fisheries bodies and ocean acidification 123 Rosemary Rayfuse 10 Ocean acidification and the Arctic: regional scientific and governance responses 142 Nadja Steiner and David L VanderZwaag 11 Southern Ocean acidification and the Antarctic Treaty System 164 Karen N Scott 12 Ocean acidification and Pacific Island countries and territories: sounding the alarm on an existential threat 179 Clement Yow Mulalap PART IV NATIONAL LAW AND POLICY 13 Ocean acidification: science, policy and law in Australia 201 Ellycia R Harrould-Kolieb and Tim Stephens 14 Brazilian policy and law review on ocean acidification and climate change: achievements and challenges 220 Maria Helena Fonseca de Souza Rolim and Victor Alencar Mayer Feitosa Ventura 15 Ocean acidification and China’s response 238 Jiayu Bai and Jiaxin Sui 16 The battle against ocean acidification in the United States 260 Sherry P Broder Index

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Book SynopsisThe environmental challenges of the twenty-first century have raised profound questions regarding the suitability of environmental law to manage the many complex issues at hand. This insightful book considers how the law has adapted to address these challenges and considers the ways in which it might be used to cope with environmental risks and uncertainties, whilst also promoting resilience and greater equality. The book uses a multi-disciplinary approach to address the compatibility of law with the notions of risk and resilience, it scrutinises how capable these approaches are to effect equitable solutions to environmental risks, and it raises important questions about multi-level and participatory governance. Key chapters examine a variety of global experiments in countries such as China and countries in Latin America, to generate further governance of the environment, improve the available legal tools and give a voice to more diverse groups. Students and scholars across a variety of fields such as environmental studies, socio-legal studies, law, and risk regulation will find this an stimulating read. Senior policy-makers in central and local government, regulators and risk managers will also find this book imperative in their efforts to manage the dilemmas of environmental control.Contributors include: F.H. Barnes, D. Curran, C. Holley, B.M. Hutter, C. Ituarte-Lima, T. Johnson, J. McDonald, L. Patton, O.W. Pedersen, D. Satterthwaite, E. Sofronova, H. WangTrade Review'This well-timed book tackles two of the most vexing, intertwined governance challenges facing global society: climate change and inequality. Its rich collection of chapters brings transnational, multi-disciplinary perspectives to illuminate possible pathways forward toward a more resilient and just future.' --Cary Coglianese, University of Pennsylvania, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Risk, resilience and inequality: current dilemmas in environmental regulation. Bridget M. Hutter Part II: A changing environmental landscape 2. Risk, resilience and environmental regulation: Using law to build resilience to climate change impacts. Jan McDonald 3. Resilience in environmental law: epistemic limitations and the role of participation. Ole W. Pedersen Part III: Inequality: the social and economic consequences of environmental law 4. Climate change, resilience, and the generation of risk-classes. Dean Curran 5. Transformative biodiversity law and Agenda 2030: mainstreaming biodiversity and justice through human rights. Claudia Ituarte-Lima 6. Inequalities in environmental risks and resilience within urban populations in low and middle income nations. David Satterthwaite Part IV: Governance 7. New environmental governance: adaptation, resilience and law. Cameron Holley and Ekaterina Sefranova 8. Science and the law: how will developments in attribution science affect how the law addresses compensation for climate change effects? Lindene Patton and Felicia H. Barnes. 9. Dialogue strategies for socio-ecological resilience and sustainability in China. Hua Wang. 10. Environmental risks and authoritarian resilience in China. Thomas Johnson Part V: Conclusion 11. Risk, Resilience, Inequality and Environmental Law: Prospects and Obstacles Bridget M. Hutter Index

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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.Presenting cutting-edge research on the future of energy geopolitics, this visionary and provocative Research Agenda takes a hard look at the pressing issues faced by energy researchers in the new world (dis)order.Analyzing through three distinct lenses of affordability, security and sustainability, this innovative book begins by tracking the history and evolution of energy politics. Leading experts in the field identify the sources of instability within world energy markets, the problems of capital allocation to finance a growing demand for smart and renewable energy, and the benefits and costs of geo-economic shifts. A global range of case studies discuss the future of energy geopolitics, asking pressing questions about the deployment of clean energy technology, the implications of hydrocarbon price climbing, and the feasibility and possibilities of space mining. Ultimately, the book seeks to elucidate the uncertainties, paths, and impacts of the future developments in the energy transition and clearly define a future research agenda for energy politics. In doing so, it attempts to capture the complexity and constraints facing energy and its different sources — some that are complementary, some that compete with one another.Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this book will prove vital to students and scholars interested in energy security, politics and policy, alongside those studying energy markets and finance. It will also prove useful to policymakers and organizations in the energy sector concerned with the future of energy. Trade Review‘Using the energy trilemma - affordability, security and sustainability - as a vehicle for enquiry into the global oil markets, this excellent book is a timely reminder of the constantly shifting political landscape, and primacy of policy as a key determinant of our energy future at the age of big data, innovation and energy transition.’ -- Adi Imsirovic, Director of Surrey Clean Energy, UK, Author of Trading and Price Discovery for Crude Oil (2021) and Editor of Brent Crude Oil: Genesis and Development of the World's Most Important Oil Benchmark (2023)Table of ContentsContents: Foreword: move to an energy transition, but cleverly xxv Michael C. Lynch Introduction to A Research Agenda for Energy Politics xxxvii Jennifer I. Considine PART I NAVIGATING EMERGING GEOPOLITICAL RISKS: POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND BUSINESS IN A NEW WORLD (DIS) ORDER 1 The stability of world oil markets and the potential for oil shocks 3 Jennifer I. Considine, Douglas Cooke, Geoffrey Wood, Sylvain Cote, and Abdullah Aldayel 2 Geopolitics and energy security issues in India 21 Jitendra Roychoudhury 3 Renewables and hydrocarbon price climbing: implications for Latin America and the world 35 Alberto Cisneros Lavaller PART II FINANCING THE TRANSFORMATION: MOBILIZING CAPITAL IN A COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 4 Russia–EU energy relations: Most recent stages of long-term fluctuations and future research agenda 57 Andrey A. Konoplyanik 5 China’s energy investment through the lens of the Belt and Road Initiative 93 Dongmei Chen and Philipp Galkin 6 From Paris to Glasgow and beyond: what future for clean energy technology deployment under Article 6? 127 Elizabeth Carey and Xiaoliang Yang PART III GLOBAL SCENARIOS: HARNESSING THE BENEFITS OF GLOBAL GEO-ECONOMIC SHIFTS 7 Big data, black holes, and tapping the value of futures price data 157 Hilary Till and Joseph Eagleeye 8 Scenario analysis: imagining the unimaginable! 173 Richard Wheeler 9 GCC economies and regional geopolitics after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 195 Tilak K. Doshi PART IV THE FUTURE OF ENERGY POLICY: MEETING THE MACRO CHALLENGE—DOMESTIC REFORM OR UNSUSTAINABILITY 10 Cybersecurity and Data Protection in the power sector: challenges, perspectives, and policy approaches 233 Arnault Barichella 11 Oil and gas development of US onshore federal lands: policy issues and research questions 261 Timothy J. Considine and Tara K. Righetti 12 Establishing a lunar underground outpost: shifting the paradigm for future space exploration, settlement, and commerce 281 Greg Baiden, Louis L. Grenier, Brad R. Blair, Dale Tietz and James S. Logan 13 Questions to ask before we commence mining in space: what, where, when, why, who, and how? 301 Carol A. Dahl Index 335

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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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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. In a world confronted with escalating environmental crises, are academics asking the right questions and advocating the best solutions? This Research Agenda paves the way for new and established scholars in the field, identifying the significant gaps in research and emerging issues for future generations in global environmental politics. From an analysis of state and non-state environmental governance to the politics of climate change, food sustainability, forests and oceans, the preeminent academics and leading researchers take an important step in establishing an agenda for the future trajectory of research. Split into three sections - global environmental governance, the politics of environmental problems, and engaged research and scholar activism - chapters discuss the most influential steps in recent environmental and political studies and offer original perspectives on the future trends. Inspiring the next generation of academics and activists, this Research Agenda provides excellent guidance for graduate students and supervisors looking for the most innovative and pressing research questions in environmental politics.Contributors include: J. Alger, T.A. Balag'kutu, J.S. Barkin, H. Bulkeley, J. Clapp, M. Cooper, P. Dauvergne, E.R. DeSombre, L. Gulbrandsen, M. Hoffmann, S. Klinsky, J.J. McSparren, K.J. Neville, K. O'Neill, S. Park, F.A. Peck, P. Stephens, J. Stripple, J. Timmons Roberts, S.D. VanDeveer, E. WeinthalTrade Review'This expertly edited collection brings together leading scholars to provide an authoritative overview of some of the most pressing and complex challenges in global environmental politics, from climate change to plastics waste, sustainable food and the protection of oceans. The book is an invaluable source for students, scholars - and activists.' --Robert Falkner, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK'This is a timely and highly insightful book by some of the most respected scholars in the field. It has the potential to set the research agenda for global environmental politics. I will definitely be recommending it as a core reading for my students.' --Chukwumerije Okereke, University of Reading, UK'This book does exactly what it says on the tin: it lays out an ambitious research agenda for global environmental politics. And it does so with aplomb. The chapters portray richly the latest research across the breadth of the field, focusing in particular on novel ways of studying the subject. But they also emphasize strongly the engaged quality of the field's best work, connecting research to practice in various ways. A must for all thinking about how to take global environmental politics forward in the coming years.' --Matthew Paterson, University of Manchester, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Researching Global Environmental Politics: Trends, Gaps, and Emerging Issues Justin Alger and Peter Dauvergne Part I: Global Environmental Governance 2. Three Ways to Study the Global Politics of Trade and the Environment J. Samuel Barkin 3. Green Finance Susan Park 4. The Sustainable Development Goals in Global Environmental Politics Erika Weinthal 5. Studying Institutions for Nonstate Environmental Governance Lars H. Gulbrandsen 6. Extractives and Environmental Governance Research Timothy Adivilah Balag’kutu, Jason J. McSparren, and Stacy D. VanDeveer Part II: The Politics of Environmental Problems 7. The New Global Political Economy of Waste Kate O’Neill 8. Researching the Global Environmental Politics of Food Jennifer Clapp and Phoebe Stephens 9. Ocean Governance Elizabeth R. DeSombre 10. Not Just a Case Study: Strategies for Researching Climate Change Politics Sonja Klinsky 11. Encountering Climate’s New Governance Harriet Bulkeley, Mark Cooper, and Johannes Stripple 12. Bringing the Environment Back In: Materiality in Climate Change Politics Research Felicia Peck Part III: Engaged Research and Scholar Activism 13. Does the Arc of History Bend Towards Climate Justice? Towards an Agenda for Engaged Research J. Timmons Roberts 14. Global Environmental Politics Research in a Time of Crisis Kate J. Neville and Matthew Hoffmann Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Research Handbook is the first study to link law and Earth system science through the epistemic lens of the planetary boundaries framework. It critically examines the legal and governance aspects of the framework, considering not only each planetary boundary, but also a range of systemic issues, including the ability of law to keep us within the planetary boundaries’ safe operating space.The expert contributors investigate the current and potential role of law in relation to the complex task and regulatory challenges of governing the Earth system. They explore three thematic areas: the overarching legal, ethical and governance dimensions of the planetary boundaries; their diverse international law dimensions and the challenges they raise for international law; and the extent to which the law already provides for some of the aspects illuminated by each planetary boundary, alongside opportunities for legal reform.Lawyers, Earth system scientists and governance experts will benefit from the mapping of the next stage of international environmental law included in the chapters. The book will also be a key resource for regulators, legislators and policy-makers looking for an in-depth study of the relationship between law and each of the nine planetary boundaries.Trade Review'The planetary boundaries concept provides an ideal framework for connecting science with law at the global level. This book explores this connection in great detail, from our undeniable need for limits and the fundamental concepts of ethics, justice and governance to the comprehensive assessment of the legal implications of each of the individual boundaries.' -- - Will Steffen, The Australian National University'Co-edited by Duncan French and Louis Kotz - two of the foremost scholars in the field of environmental law in the era of the Anthropocene - this Research Handbook is the first comprehensive attempt to investigate, from a legal perspective, the human dimensions of scientific concepts of planetary boundaries. The book brings together a fascinating series of contributions from some of the leading legal thinkers in the field. At a time when raging fires and other ''unprecedented'' environmental disasters are providing increasing evidence of the consequences of failing to respect planetary limits, this book is a timely and important reminder of the contribution that can be made by law in ensuring that humanity and our environment remain within the planet's ''safe operating space''.' -- -- Jacqueline Peel, University of Melbourne, Australia'If international environmental law is to stay relevant in the face of overwhelming evidence of its inability to address the galloping environmental harms humanity is witnessing, it needs to embrace a fundamental reset of its premises, conceptual pillars, and governance models. Such a reset requires imagination -- imagination that is outrageous in its ambition and fuelled by outrage. This Research Handbook, edited by two of the finest international environmental law scholars of our time, Duncan French and Louis Kotz, is a work of such outrageous imagination. It challenges legal boundaries in its quest to protect planetary ones, and in so doing takes us closer to law and governance fit for environmental purpose.' -- - Lavanya Rajamani, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xi Preface xii 1 Staying within the planet’s ‘safe operating space’? Law and the planetary boundaries 1 Louis J. Kotzé and Duncan French PART I LEGAL, ETHICAL AND GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF THE PLANETARY BOUNDARIES 2 Exploring the planetary boundaries and environmental law: historical development, interactions and synergies 21 Alice Bleby, Cameron Holley and Ben Milligan 3 Governing the complexity of planetary boundaries: a state-of-the-art analysis of social science scholarship 45 Rakhyun E. Kim and Louis J. Kotzé 4 Planetary boundaries, planetary ethics and climate justice in the Anthropocene 65 Sam Adelman 5 Science, law and planetary uncertainty 84 Lynda Collins 6 Planetary boundaries intra muros : cities and the Anthropocene 103 Helmut Philipp Aust and Janne E. Nijman PART II INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE PLANETARY BOUNDARIES 7 Planetary boundaries and regime interaction in international law 125 Dario Piselli and Harro van Asselt 8 Changing role of law-making in responding to planetary boundaries? 147 Giovanna M. Frisso and Elizabeth A. Kirk 9 International law, planetary boundaries and teleconnections 167 Ellen Hey 10 Compliance with planetary boundaries in international law 183 Jonas Ebbesson 11 Exploring the planetary boundaries’ wasteland: international law and the advent of the Molysmocene 203 Michael Hennessy Picard and Olivier Barsalou PART III PLANETARY BOUNDARIES AND THE LAW 12 Loss of biosphere integrity (biodiversity loss and extinctions) 221 Han Somsen and Arie Trouwborst 13 Climate change 245 Jonathan Verschuuren 14 Stratospheric ozone depletion 260 Louise du Toit 15 Atmospheric aerosol loading 277 Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli and Emily Webster 16 Ocean acidification 294 Tim Stephens 17 Nitrogen and phosphorus flows to the biosphere and oceans 309 Daniela Diz 18 Freshwater consumption and the global hydrological cycle 324 Nathan John Cooper 19 Land system change 342 Karen Morrow 20 Chemical pollution (and the release of novel entities) 363 Tiina Paloniitty, Chukwukpee Nzegwu and Duncan French Index

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Book SynopsisAs populations become increasingly concentrated in urban centres and mega cities, while demands on transportation continue to grow, the question of how to mitigate the environmental footprint of these trends is ever more pressing. This comprehensive book demonstrates the potentially significant role of environmental taxation and other market-based instruments in meeting these challenges. Providing global insights, the book features international contributions from specialists in economics, law, technology, political economy and policy analysis. Studying environmental pricing policies in the context of urban sustainability and transportation, the contributing scholars identify cross-cutting issues to demonstrate how the use and evaluation of policy instruments can be improved. In addition to addressing the pervasive environmental impact of cities and transportation, novel case studies illustrate how the digital economy, as well as increasing globalization, necessitate a more sustainable approach in which environmental fiscal solutions could play a vital role. Environmental Fiscal Challenges for Cities and Transport will have broad appeal for researchers and will also be a useful resource for students in law, economics and politics with an interest in urban and environmental issues. Policymakers and their staff will find its use of real-world examples and nontechnical language particularly beneficial.Trade Review‘Environmental Fiscal Challenges for Cities and Transport provides another exciting edition for the Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation series. The breadth of issues covered within the book allows the reader to dip in and out of the areas that are of personal interest. Overall, it provides inspiration for new, green fiscal policies and an insight into some of the associated challenges.’ -- Amy Lawton, The IUCN AEL Journal of Environmental LawTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I - IMPACTS OF THE EMERGING 21ST CENTURY ECONOMY 1. Environmental taxation in the digital world Janet E. Milne 2. Is the low level of taxes on e-commerce contributing to an environmentally unfriendly growth of transport? Marta Villar Ezcurra 3. Tax incentives to green investments: limits to state’s cuts back. A reflection on legitimate expectations & fair and equitable treatment to investments Jerónimo Maillo PART II - FISCAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES FOR URBAN CONCENTRATION 4. Smart cities: can business improvement districts reduce the environmental footprint of urban areas? Helena Villarejo Galende, María Luisa Esteve Pardo and Clara Peiret García 5. The costs and benefits of extended producer responsibility: an evaluation of the Italian waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) management system Edoardo Croci and Francesco Colelli 6. Fiscal Policy for Decarbonisation of Energy in Europe, with a Focus on Urban Transport: Case Study and Proposal for Spain David Robinson, Pedro Linares Llamas, Xiral López-Otero and Renato Rodrigues 7. A proposed green tax reform for Cyprus and its co-benefits for urban sustainability Theodoros Zachariadis 8. The agricultural conundrum: encouraging climate-friendly agriculture through economic instruments in North America Emma Akrawi PART III - CHALLENGING ISSUES FOR TRANSPORT TAXES 9. External costs and environmental taxation: the role of transport sectors within the Italian economy Andrea Molocchi 10. Is road pricing the key to sustainable low-carbon road transport in Australia? Vanessa Johnston 11. Taxing vehicle use to overcome the problems of conventional transport taxes Alberto Gago, Xavier Labandeira and Xiral López-Otero 12. Sharing cars: a legal and economic analysis of the taxation of b2c carsharing models Fanny Vanrykel, Bruno De Borger and Marc Bourgeois 13. Renewable energy, smarts grids and hybrid vehicles: a Brazilian case study Elena Aydos, Rafaela Cristina Oliari and Carlos Araújo Leonetti PART IV - THE EVALUATION OF CROSS-CUTTING POLICIES 14. Ex-post cost-benefit analysis of environmentally related tax policies. Building on programme evaluation studies Jonas Teusch and Nils Axel Braathen 15. Designing Carbon Taxes: economic and legal considerations Claudia Kettner, Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig, Stefan E. Weishaar and Irene J.J. Burgers 16. The use of the Effective Carbon Rate (ECR) as an indicator for climate mitigation policy Kris Bachus and Ping Gao 17. The G20 peer review of Fossil Fuel Subsidies Aldo Ravazzi Douvan and Gionata Castaldi 18. Increasing Fiscal Transparency in Energy Policies Leyla Ates and Sevil Acar Index

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking book presents interdisciplinary educators with classroom tools and strategies to integrate environmental justice into their courses. Providing accessible, flexible, and evidence-based pedagogical approaches designed by a multidisciplinary team of scholars, it centers equity and justice in student learning and course design. It further presents a model for community-based faculty development that can communicate those pedagogical approaches across disciplines.Key Features: Reflection on how to teach inclusively across disciplines, with a focus on community-based faculty development. Presentation of a blend of insights from diverse disciplines, including art, astronomy, ecology, economics, history, political science, and online education. A focus on how to stimulate student engagement to improve students’ empirical and conceptual understanding of environmental politics. Detailed instructions for both introductory and more advanced active learning assignments and classroom activities, including guidance on how to manage common challenges and adapt activities to specific learning environments, particularly online formats Providing detailed instructions and reflections on teaching effectively and inclusively, Teaching Environmental Justice will be an invaluable resource for faculty and graduate students teaching modules in environmental justice in courses across disciplines. It will also be essential reading for researchers of teaching and learning seeking insight into cutting-edge classroom practices that center equity and justice in student learning.Trade Review‘What an absolutely phenomenal resource! Jinnah, Dubreuil, Greene and Foster have pulled together an incredible and diverse collection of experiments, projects, practices, and reflections on teaching environmental justice. There is so much here to motivate, engage, and inspire students – and to address the injustices they face. I can’t wait to get it into the classroom.’ -- David Schlosberg, University of Sydney, Australia‘In this unique and eclectic collection, an esteemed team of scholars charts the pedagogical domain of environmental justice. Drawing on experience from multiple branches of the physical and social sciences, they give teachers theoretical and practical tools for engaging students in understanding and realizing a more just and sustainable world.’ -- Paul G. Harris, Education University of Hong Kong‘It is high time for this brilliant and innovative book that teaches us how to teach environmental justice creatively, collaboratively and across disciplines. Environmental justice is one of the most urgent matters of our times – and teaching is the most important and powerful tool we have to achieve it. The authors and collaborators provide us with an inspiring and invaluable repertoire of tools, projects, experiences and reflections to meet this challenge in the classroom and beyond.’ -- Fariborz Zelli, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: Education for Transformation at the nexus of justice and the environment xvi Julian Agyeman Introduction to Teaching Environmental Justice: Co-creating a faculty development model 1 Sikina Jinnah, Jessie Dubreuil, Jody Greene and Samara S. Foster PART I PROJECTS FOR TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND JUSTICE 1 Protest music: using music to challenge (environmental) hegemony 15 Kemi Fuentes-George 2 Epochs of domination and liberation: expanding students’ understanding of human–environment relationships in the service of environmental justice 34 David Pellow 3 Rethinking sustainable development practice: From intervention to reparation 44 Manisha Anantharaman and Jennifer Lee Tucker 4 Climate justice: Fostering student public engagement 67 Prakash Kashwan 5 Teaching perspective in an unequal world: Negotiating climate change within the UN system 81 Kate O’Neill and Sebastián Rubiano-Galvis 6 Should solar geoengineering be used to address climate change? An ethics bowl-inspired approach 103 Sikina Jinnah and Juan Moreno-Cruz 7 Power in natural resource governance projects: Power hierarchies in the negotiation of an international petroleum contract 121 Alero Akporiaye and D. G. Webster 8 Relationships, respect, and reciprocity: Approaches to learning and teaching about Indigenous cultural burning and landscape stewardship 145 Beth Rose Middleton Manning 9 Harnessing humor for tough talks: Humanitarian experiences addressing exclusion and climate risks 157 Pablo Suarez 10 Using contemplative practice to sustain equitable environmental engagement 172 Elizabeth Allison 11 The Global Environmental Justice Observatory: Fostering students’ knowledge production, professionalization and belonging 190 Ravi Rajan and Flora Lu PART II REFLECTIONS FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE SILO 12 Colonization of fire: Why biophysical sciences must teach environmental justice 206 Crystal Kolden 13 How relational learning can disrupt the scientific cultural status quo: Lessons from astronomy 214 Kathryne J. Daniel and Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz 14 Using socially engaged art to teach environmental and social justice 220 Chessa Adsit-Morris 15 Teaching feminist economics to challenge the hidden assumptions in economics 228 Juan Moreno-Cruz 16 Community-engaged research in the natural sciences: Centering listening in the classroom 233 Kristy Kroeker 17 Teaching students how to get comfortable with the uncomfortable feeling of not knowing 240 Robin Dunkin 18 How online teaching and learning can support the public mission of research universities 248 Michael Tassio 19 Embodying social and environmental justice learning through somatic and mindfulness practices 256 Sapana Doshi and Tracey Osborne Index 268

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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. 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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook draws together insightful analyses of natural resource management challenges and solutions in the face of sustainable development targets and a changing global climate. Expert contributors illustrate the ways in which resource- and region-specific challenges shape national and global strategies, exploring the institutional aspects of resource management and their implications for policy making. They consider the economic, legal, environmental, social, financial and technological dimensions of resource management, consolidating interdisciplinary knowledge and setting the agenda for future research. Advancing scientific knowledge in the field, the Handbook offers a roadmap for well-informed policy making, highlighting the uncertainties and risks associated with climate change, energy and sustainability transition, and the need for a forward-looking approach to resource management. Assembling state-of-the-art contributions to provide a clearer understanding of the transformative policy developments ahead, this Handbook is crucial reading for academics and researchers of resource management, public policy, sustainability, energy transition, climate change and environmental studies. It also offers critical empirical insights for policy makers and practitioners developing innovative strategies to meet sustainability targets.Trade Review‘This book contains excellent insights into the management of natural resources in the face of climate and sustainable development targets in many different parts of the world. A must for practitioners and researchers.’ -- Rick van der Ploeg, University of Oxford, UK‘The Handbook of Sustainable Politics and Economics of Natural Resources covers a wide range of topics associated with the management of non-renewable resources. The thread connecting the various research paths explored by the authors is the belief that lessons learned from experience alone are not a good enough compass to guide policy making in today’s deeply interconnected and fast changing economy. The importance of tailoring policy making to local circumstances and the type of non-renewable resource is emphasized throughout the book, and its implications are discussed with regard to the path and speed of energy transition policies in resource-rich countries. A good read that successfully puts non-renewable resource policies in context with other important economic and social imperatives.’ -- Silvana Tordo, The World Bank, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xxii 1 In quest of sustainable politics and economics of natural resources: a summary of contributions and future research directions 1 Stella Tsani and Indra Overland PART I RESOURCE SPECIFICS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR POLICY MAKING 2 Natural resources and economic development 15 Wee Chian Koh 3 Renewable energy transition, demand for metals and resource curse effects 30 André Månberger 4 Local and global aspects of coal in the ASEAN countries 45 Haakon Fossum Sagbakken, Aidai Isataeva, Indra Overland, Aloysius Damar Pranadi, Beni Suryadi and Roman Vakulchuk 5 Policies and socio-economic tools for sustainable water management 64 Stella Tsani, Stella Apostolaki and Phoebe Koundouri 6 Inflated expectations and commodity prices: evidence from Kazakhstan 76 Victoire Girard, Alma Kudebayeva and Gerhard Toews PART II REGIONAL RESOURCE POLITICS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL POLICIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 7 Energy transition, resources and climate change investment policy in the EU 95 Matthias Busse, Oliver Dreute, Vladimir Isaila and Lúcio Vinhas de Souza 8 Climate change policies and resource abundance: the case of Russia 107 Igor Makarov 9 Green policies and sustainable development in Saudi Arabia 123 Stella Tsani and Sarah Najm 10 How ambitious can the Israeli Green Deal be? 136 Ruslana Rachel Palatnik, Ayelet Davidovitch, Volker Krey, Nathan Sussman, Keywan Riahi and Matthew Gidden 11 Powering the uplands: controversies of developing hydropower in upstream Central and Mainland Southeast Asia 153 Stefanos Xenarios, Murodbek Laldjebaev, Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, Joost Buurman and Eduardo Araral 12 Small-scale mining, rural resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa 187 Gavin Hilson, Titus Sauerwein and Matondo Estrela Garcia Cardoso 13 Natural resource policies for future sustainability in the African continent 207 Roula Inglesi-Lotz PART III INSTITUTIONS AND RESOURCE POLICIES 14 Corruption, resource policies and economic growth 220 Heli Arminen, Tiia-Lotta Pekkanen and Jorma Sappinen 15 Local content policies and institutional capacity for sustainable resource management 232 Yelena Kalyuzhnova 16 Success and failures of sovereign wealth funds: on the macroeconomic performance, time-varying objectives and first liquidations of sovereign wealth funds 244 Jean-François Carpantier and Wessel N. Vermeulen 17 Fiscal policy, macroeconomic volatility and the role of institutions under resource abundance 263 Leonor Coutinho and Stella Tsani 18 Legal indicators as tools to assess the effectiveness of international rules related to the sustainable management of natural resources 293 Emmanuella Doussis and Ilaria Espa 19 Resource conservation and environmental ethics: a theoretical framework supported by panel data 303 Fabio Zagonari PART IV CHANGE AND UNCERTAINTY IN RESOURCE POLICIES 20 Stranded assets and the financial system 322 Andreas A. Papandreou 21 Energy modeling for sustainable policymaking: state of the art and future challenges 335 Stella Tsani and Mariia Kozlova 22 Ambiguity in financing corporate mitigation policies 349 Elettra Agliardi and Willem Spanjers 23 Resource abundance and socio-economic shocks: COVID-19 pandemic and the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan 366 Ingilab Ahmadov 24 Hydrocarbons during energy transition: from peak oil supply to peak oil demand and investment? Is energy security at risk? 376 Cyril Widdershoven Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook shows how Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), an important decision support tool for strategies, policies, plans and programmes, is applied globally. It reflects on SEA practices and the advancements made over the past three decades in the development of SEA. Forty-six expert international contributors discuss the conceptual approaches and applications of SEA in 31 countries, examining numerous sectors, including land-use, transport, energy and water. They also explore how SEA is applied at trans-national, national, regional and local levels, and at a range of decision tiers, including in strategy and policy, as well as in plans and programmes. Analysing how different situations of application are systematically approached, chapters provide a critical insight into the objectives of SEA and the range of methodologies that are available. Taking a forward-thinking approach, the Handbook also identifies key trends and prospects for SEA in addition to addressing issues of SEA effectiveness and theory development.This Handbook will be a valuable resource for academics and students of environmental governance and regulation. It will also be beneficial for impact assessment practitioners, environmental NGOs and policy makers in the fields of environment and sustainability.Trade Review'Rather than a procedure or a specific approach SEA is considered a toolkit or a family of tools. This fits well with the concept of ''selection logic'' the authors of this book suggest as a basis of an SEA theory: a concept that would allow SEA practitioners to select the best methods, processes and strategies for a given application.' -- From the Foreword by Rob Verheem, Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment'If you want to know what's happening in the developed and developing world in applying Strategic Environmental Assessment, this is the definitive account. The evolving practices surrounding this important decision-making tool are ably and thoughtfully presented. In addition, the editors have done a masterful job of putting together a balanced presentation on the current ''state of the art'' as well as presenting a number of thoughtful observations on the development of a theory of SEA. This is the essential Handbook for teachers, students and practitioners of SEA.' -- William V. Kennedy, Director of the Office of Accountability, US International Development Finance CorporationTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Rob Verheem xix Preface xxi PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction to Handbook on Strategic Environmental Assessment 2 Thomas B. Fischer and Ainhoa González PART II APPROACHES TO STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 2 Multi-project-based strategic environmental assessment: practice in Germany 11 Anke Rehhausen, Marie Hanusch and Thomas B. Fischer 3 Objectives for , of and in strategic environmental assessment: UK practice as an example 24 Samuel J. Hayes and Thomas B. Fischer 4 Strategic thinking for sustainability (ST4S) in strategic environmental assessment 39 Maria R. Partidário 5 Territorial impact assessment: a policy assessment-like strategic environmental assessment in action 56 Naja Marot, Thomas B. Fischer, Olivier Sykes, Mojca Golobič, Tara Muthoora and Ainhoa González 6 GIS-based strategic environmental assessment 78 Ainhoa González and Davide Geneletti PART III ISSUES OF EFFECTIVENESS 7 Strategic environmental assessment effectiveness 98 Riki Thérivel and Ainhoa González 8 Does strategic environmental assessment lead to more environmentally sustainable decisions? Reflections on its substantive effectiveness 112 Thomas B. Fischer and Francois P. Retief 9 Guidelines for strategic environmental assessment in developing countries: examples from Asia 124 David Annandale, Thomas B. Fischer, Marcelo Montaño, Caroline Purcell, Jonathan Coles and Thiri Aung PART IV PRACTICE SECTION 1 SECTORAL APPLICATIONS 10 Strategic environmental assessment of spatial land-use plans 140 Ainhoa González 11 Strategic environmental assessment in transport planning 162 Charlotta Faith-Ell and Thomas B. Fischer 12 Strategic environmental assessment in the energy sector 180 Gesa Geißler, Marie Dahmen and Johann Köppel 13 Strategic environmental assessment in the water sector 201 Stephen Eric Mustow SECTION 2 INTEGRATION THROUGH STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 14 Integration through strategic environmental assessment: the case of health in English strategic planning 218 Thomas B. Fischer, Tara Muthoora and Nicola Sworowski 15 Integrating appropriate assessment and strategic environmental assessment 233 Paul Scott 16 Integration of climatic factors into strategic environmental assessment 246 Cian O’Mahony 17 Ecosystem services in strategic environmental assessment: an integrating concept in a world of silos 264 Roel Slootweg SECTION 3 COUNTRY-SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OF STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 18 Strategic environmental assessment in Australia 282 Tanya Burdett and Carolyn Cameron 19 Strategic environmental assessment in Canada 303 Bram F. Noble 20 Towards advancing strategic environmental assessment practice: learning from experiences of eight European countries 317 Sara Khoshkar, Kedar Uttam, Berit Balfors, Christina Hörnberg and Thomas B. Fischer 21 Strategic environmental assessment in New Zealand 330 Richard Morgan and Nick Taylor 22 Strategic environmental assessment in South Africa: ‘The Road Not Taken’ 347 Francois P. Retief, Carli Steenkamp and Reece C. Alberts 23 Strategic environmental assessment in Brazil: an endangered species? 361 Marcelo Montaño, Ghislain Mwamba Tshibangu and Anne Caroline Malvestio 24 Strategic environmental assessment in Chile: an unfulfilled strategic promise 372 Rodrigo Jiliberto H 25 Strategic environmental assessment in India: trends and prospects 386 Urmila Jha-Thakur and Asha Rajvanshi 26 Addressing the spectrum of strategic environmental assessment potential: evolving practice in Thailand and its effectiveness 401 Chaunjit Chanchitpricha, Kanokporn Swangjang and Angus Morrison-Saunders PART V CONCLUSIONS 27 Conclusions: towards a theory of strategic environmental assessment? 424 Thomas B. Fischer and Ainhoa González Index

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Book SynopsisThis book expertly analyses European political entrepreneurship in relation to the EU's approach towards the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development strategy. It explores the role of European political entrepreneurs in shaping, influencing and realising sustainable development goals (SDGs). Leading contributors consider political entrepreneurship at an international level, explaining how European political entrepreneurs act and interact in order to promote their policies at various levels of governance. Focusing on how EU politicians, public servants and bureaucrats create new and innovative institutional conditions, the contributors reveal how the UN SDGs are implemented in Europe. Chapters examine several EU actors in the context of numerous development goals to assess how political entrepreneurship challenges traditional EU institutions and promotes visionary activity to achieve the goals of Agenda 2030. Providing a unique contribution to the growing pool of research on entrepreneurial activity in the public sector, this book will prove to be a valuable resource for scholars working at the intersection between entrepreneurship, policy-making and European politics. It will also be beneficial for students and practitioners who are interested in global issues and sustainable development.Trade Review'This volume provides a broad and up to date account of European Union governance of sustainable development. In doing so it brings in political entrepreneurship as an important perspective on understanding how actors in the European Union interpret and implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It is a timely and important contribution that will be of interest to all students of sustainable development.' --Staffan Andersson, Linnaeus University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1 The EU and Agenda 2030 1 Daniel Silander 2 The UN regime and sustainable development: Agenda 2030 14 Don Wallace 3 The European Commission on Agenda 2030 36 Daniel Silander 4 Agenda 2030 and the EU on gender equality 54 Charlotte Silander 5 Agenda 2030 and the EU on migration and integration 79 Anna Parkhouse 6 Agenda 2030 and the EU on industry, innovation and infrastructure 99 Akis Kalaitzidis 7 Agenda 2030 and the EU on climate change 111 Darlene Budd 8 Agenda 2030 and the EU on affordable and clean energy 133 Henry Kiragu Wambuii 9 Agenda 2030 and the EU on sustainable cities and communities 150 Nino Berishvili 10 Agenda 2030 and the EU on climate action 162 Daniel Silander 11 The EU and Agenda 2050: New political entrepreneurship in its making 185 Daniel Silander Index 191

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Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook presents the state of the art of empirical sociological research on the causes of, and solutions to, pressing environmental problems. It provides cutting-edge insights into some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity, including anthropogenic climate change and environmental pollution. The contributors argue that profound collective efforts to protect the environment are vital for sustainable development and offer practical solutions to specific contemporary issues.Wide ranging and insightful, this Research Handbook encompasses the causes and consequences of environmental deterioration, the measurement, development and precedents of environmental concern, the determinants of pro-environmental behavior, and the acceptance of environmental policies. Key topics include the development of global CO2 emissions, prices, income and energy demand, climate change knowledge, meta-knowledge and beliefs, the collective risk social dilemma and support for city road tolls. Scholars and students in the environmental social sciences will find this innovative Research Handbook invaluable. Critical case studies also provide important insights and recommendations for environmental decision makers.Trade Review‘Climate change is humankind’s ultimate challenge. It is our behaviour that is causing the climate disaster, because our ancestors were selected to turn resources maximally into offspring. Our evolved heritage are ruthless harvesting strategies that need to be changed to pro-social, pro-environmental attitudes. Sociology provides the core requirements for solving this problem. Here we learn the most recent results of cutting-edge research on causes, consequences and solutions. This book may help us to survive the challenge.’ -- Manfred Milinski, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface xi Introduction to the Research Handbook on Environmental Sociology 1 Axel Franzen and Sebastian Mader PART I CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS 1 The development of global CO2 emissions 5 Axel Franzen and Sebastian Mader 2 Prices, income and energy demand 27 Brantley Liddle and Hillard Huntington 3 Consistent inequality across Germany? Exploring spatial heterogeneity in the unequal distribution of air pollution 46 Tobias Rüttenauer and Henning Best PART II MEASUREMENT, DESCRIPTION AND PRECEDENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN 4 Testing the measurement of environmental concern: how do single items perform in comparison to multi-item scales? 68 Axel Franzen and Sebastian Mader 5 The evolution of environmental concern in Europe 84 John Kenny 6 Where do pro-environmental tendencies fit within a taxonomy of personality traits? 102 Taciano L. Milfont 7 Climate change knowledge, meta-knowledge and beliefs 122 Helen Fischer and Karlijn Van den Broek PART III THE DETERMINANTS OF PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR 8 Environmental behavior: measurement approaches and determining factors 140 Peter Preisendörfer and Andreas Diekmann 9 Non-monetary incentives and energy conservation 157 Ulf Liebe 10 The collective risk social dilemma 174 Manfred Milinski 11 Heating system choice among Swiss households: determinants and effects of policy counterfactuals 194 Patrick Bigler and Doina Radulescu 12 Is socially responsible investing (SRI) in stocks a competitive capital investment? A review of the literature and a comparative analysis based on the performance of sustainable stocks 223 Ann-Kathrin Blankenberg and Jonas F.A. Gottschalk PART IV ACCEPTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES 13 Public support for climate policy 244 Stefan Drews 14 Climate change denial among the general public: studying individual and contextual determinants in Europe 257 Christiane Lübke 15 What determines the attitude–behavior link when voting on renewable energy policies? The roles of problem perception and policy design 275 Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen and Philippe Thalmann 16 Support for city road tolls: a question of self-interest? 298 Fabian Thiel 17 Beyond political divides: analyzing public opinion on carbon taxation in Switzerland 320 Laurent Ott, Mehdi Farsi and Sylvain Weber Index

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Book SynopsisThe world has witnessed extraordinary economic growth, poverty reduction and increased life expectancy and population since the end of WWII, but it has occurred at the expense of undermining life support systems on Earth and subjecting future generations to the real risk of destabilising the planet. This timely book exposes and explores this colossal environmental cost and the dangerous position the world is now in. Standing up for a Sustainable World is written by and about key individuals who have not only understood the threats to our planet, but also become witness to them and confronted them. Combining the voices of leading academics as well as climate change and environmental activists, entrepreneurs and investors, the book highlights the urgent action that needs to be taken to foster sustainable, resilient and inclusive development in the face of powerful systemic forces. Chapters look ahead to a better path for human wellbeing, security and dignity, offering insight to ways this can be created. The book as a whole shares the visions and hopes of those fighting in a myriad of ways to make a sustainable world, attempting to tip the balance away from the crushing loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels and increasing global mean temperature, whilst increasing living standards across all dimensions, particularly for the poorest people. An imperative read for those concerned about the future of our planet, this book showcases not only why urgent action is now imperative, but also what changes are necessary for a sustainable, resilient and equitable world. It offers crucial insights for those interested in the dynamics of political action, in how change occurs, and in effective communication. Environmental economics, as well as environmental studies and human geography students and scholars more broadly will find this an invigorating read.Trade Review‘The breadth of coverage is impressive both topically and geographically. The science is accurately depicted, and tales are realistically explained. This unusually well-written book is available directly from the publisher via open access. Highly recommended.’ -- R E O’Connor, CHOICE Review of the Week‘The text is frequently passionate, but never shrill. The breadth of coverage is impressive both topically and geographically. The science is accurately depicted, and tales are realistically explained. This unusually well-written book is available directly from the publisher via open access.’ -- R E O'Connor, CHOICE'This is the first major attempt at conveying to the world, both the need for urgent action to curb climate change, and the multiple channels that can be activated to achieve that goal. Leading academics, environmental activists, entrepreneurs and investors have been asked to lay out ideas on how to make economic development more sustainable and more inclusive. This book is a must-read for all economists and more broadly anyone interested about making the world a better place.' -- Philippe Aghion, College de France, and London School of Economics, UK’Standing Up for a Sustainable World underscores the inexorable link between social justice and environmental justice. While people living in extreme poverty are the least responsible for climate change and environmental damage, they are undoubtedly the most impacted by its consequences. Therefore, it is urgent and essential to strengthen the resilience to climate change of people living in poverty, but only through social and economic change that leaves no-one behind, and which actively involves them in making decisions that affect their lives.' -- Donald Lee, President of the International Movement ATD Fourth World, UK and previously at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, US'We are confronted with loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services globally at unprecedented level. This could be attributed to a number of factors: climate change, deforestation, land use change for agricultural expansion, economic imbalance due to unfair trading practises. If we do not take urgent and immediate actions to address these issues, we might suffer irreversible changes affecting the future of our planet and the fate of future generations. This book provides expert opinion and forward looking thoughts to current global challenges. The book links science with policy in ways that will prompt policy makers into actions. Hence, I wholeheartedly recommend the book to be read by all interested in nature's health and sustainable benefits.' -- Sebsebe Demissew, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, (foreign) Member of the Royal Society, UK and Co-Chair (2013-8) of the IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel, Germany'It is easy to say, as is frequently repeated, that the future of humanity on earth is at risk. The difficult challenge is to understand the empirical basis of that terrible fear, and also to assess, with best professional scrutiny, what we can do to resist the environmental catastrophe. It is wonderful that we can turn to this wide-ranging study for guidance on each.' -- Amartya Sen, Harvard University, US'Reading Standing up for a Sustainable World is essential to understand our times. Claude Henry, Johan Rockstrom and Nicholas Stern, three internationally renowned academics, have collected the voices of those - activists, entrepreneurs, academics - who are taking action to build a more resilient world. We should learn from them in order to change our economic and social model, reduce inequalities and lay the foundations for a better future.' -- Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, France’We are clearly at a fork in the road in the quest to ensure that our children and grandchildren have a liveable planet. This unique book goes well beyond the endless projections, scenarios and storylines that promise a sustainable future but never really deliver. Instead, this book goes to "ground zero" and explores the mushrooming number of new and exciting approaches already being implemented - revolutionary energy technologies, innovative legal tactics, novel communication tools, community stands against ecological destruction, and many more. Each one on its own can't solve the immense, urgent challenges that face humanity in our quest for long-term sustainability, but together they can move us towards the social tipping point that can deliver the future we want at the scale and in the time period that we need.' -- Will Steffen, Australian National University, and former executive director of the International Geoscience-Bioscience Programme'There is so much doom and gloom about the state of the environment due to our greedy plundering of the planet's finite natural resources that many people are losing hope. Therefore Standing up for a Sustainable World: Voices of Change comes not a moment too soon: it showcases projects from around the world that illustrate what can be done to turn things around before it is too late. Projects that will provide jobs and improve things for people, animals, and the environment. It is a book everyone who cares about our future should read.' -- Jane Goodall DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of PeaceTable of ContentsContents: Preface: a collective book project – the last chance? Voluntary actors in an ecological and economic transition xxiii PART I INTRODUCTION SECTION 1 SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUNDS 1 Science, society and a sustainable future 3 Johan Rockström and Nicholas Stern 2 Conservation psychology and climate change 10 Susan Clayton 3 Capitalism and the curse of external effects 24 Claude Henry SECTION 2 SETTING THE SCENE 4 Costa Rica as pioneer of a green social contract 48 Monica Araya 5 The carbon tax in Sweden 59 Thomas Sterner 6 Lessons from the Obama White House: how climate policy really gets done 68 Alice C. Hill 7 Climate policy in China: an overview 76 Ye Qi, Xiaofan Zhao and Nicholas Stern 8 The Paris Agreement on climate change: what legacy? 103 Laurence Tubiana and Emmanuel Guerin PART II DEFENDERS 9 Introduction to Part II 117 Jonathan Watts 10 To protect the Amazon, defend the people of the forest 125 Maria do Socorro Costa Silva 11 Of chainsaws and grace: direct action by eco-vigilantes in the Philippines 128 Bobby Chan 12 Social justice goes hand in hand with environmental campaigns – and not just in Africa 131 Phyllis Omido 13 Living our values: using art and technology to campaign for nature in Turkey 134 Birhan Erkutlu and Tuğba Günal PART III LITIGANTS 14 Introduction to Part III 137 Marie Toussaint and Claude Henry 15 The Urgenda case in the Netherlands: creating a revolution through the courts 140 Marjan Minnesma 16 Juliana v. United States and the global youth-led legal campaign for a safe climate 151 Patti Moore, Danny Noonan and Erik Woodward 17 How policymakers imperil coming generations’ future and what to do about it 158 Ridhima Pandey 18 Protecting the rights of future generations through climate litigation: lessons from the struggle against deforestation in the Colombian Amazon 163 Camila Bustos, Valentina Rozo-Ángel and Gabriela Eslava-Bejarano 19 People’s Climate Case – families and youth take the EU to court over its failure to address the climate crisis 171E. Deville, L. Dubois Gökşen Şahin 20 Climate change claim on behalf of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori peoples 178 Michael Sharp, Nicole Smith and Tania Te Whenua 21 France: L’Affaire du Siècle : the story of a mass mobilization for climate 185 Marie Toussaint PART IV COMING GENERATIONS ON THE FRONT LINE 22 Introduction to Part IV 194 Claude Henry 23 Fridays For Future – FFF Europe and beyond 196 Anuna De Wever, Luisa Neubauer and Katrien van der Heyden 24 The Fridays For Future Movement in Uganda and Nigeria 211 Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Sadrach Nirere and Adenike Titilope Oladosu 25 The origins of School Strike 4 Climate NZ 218 Sophie Handford and Raven Maeder 26 350.org 231 William “Bill” McKibben 27 How to become an engineer in the ecological crisis? 234 Antoine Bizien, Elsa Deville and Lucas Dubois 28 Ecological aspirations of youth: how higher education could fall between two stools 238 Alessia Lefébure PART V ENTREPRENEURS 29 Introduction to Part V 247 Nicholas Stern and Charlotte Taylor 30 Catching mighty North Sea winds 251 Claude Henry 31 Providing electricity from rice husk in rural India 254 Claude Henry 32 Heat pumps for decarbonizing buildings 256 Dominique Bureau 33 The rise of supercapacitors: making electric vehicles as convenient as ordinary ones 261 Claude Henry 34 From scooter to boat: innovations in electric transport in cities of Southeast Asia 264 Pippo Ranci 35 The third attempt at the electric car might be the successful one 271 Geoffrey Heal 36 Solar cookstoves for adaptation to degrading natural conditions 274 Claude Henry 37 Carbon capture from ambient air: a brake on climate change? 278 Claude Henry 38 Ecological engineering in coastal protection 283 Claude Henry 39 Better to corrupt plastics than the environment 286 Pippo Ranci 40 Drip irrigation: Daniel Hillel’s legacy 291 Claude Henry 41 Making the case for agroecological innovation: the need for technical but also political entrepreneurs 294 Sébastien Treyer 42 Radical transformation in global supply chains: can new business models be based on biodiversity in the agrifood industry? 297 Sébastien Treyer 43 Ethan Brown – the protein revolutionary 301 Geoffrey Heal 44 How to make a sustainable living in a tropical forest: the case of Suruí Indians in the Amazon rainforest – success under threat 304 Claude Henry 45 Migrants to repopulate depopulated villages – Riace in Calabria, Italy and its mayor Mimmo Lucano 307 Pippo Ranci 46 How Loos-en-Gohelle, a derelict mining town in the north of France, has become a standard in sustainable development 312 Michel Berry PART VI INVESTORS 47 Introduction to Part VI 321 Nicholas Stern and Charlotte Taylor 48 Unleashing the power of financial markets for the green transition 325 Jeremy Oppenheim and Catharina Dyvik 49 The case for fossil fuel divestment 339 Stephen B. Heintz 50 How can finance be used to combat climate change? 349 Alain Grandjean 51 China’s pioneering green finance 358 Ma Jun PART VII COMMUNICATORS 52 Introduction to Part VII 368 Johan Rockström 53 Communicating climate change science to diverse audiences 374 Asmeret Asefaw Berhe 54 Global marine fisheries: avoiding further collapses 382 Philippe Cury and Daniel Pauly 55 Why are we so much more afraid of COVID-19 than of climate change? Early lessons from a health crisis for the communication of climate change 394 François Gemenne and Anneliese Depoux 56 Communicating the climate emergency: imagination, emotion, action 399 Genevieve Guenther 57 Climate change: from research to communication 407 Jean Jouzel 58 Communicating biodiversity loss and its link to economics 412 Georgina M. Mace 59 Helping trusted messengers find their voice on climate change 424 Edward Maibach 60 From climate scientist to climate communicator: a process of evolution 431 Michael E. Mann 61 Communicating science beyond the ivory tower 436 David R. Montgomery Index

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Book SynopsisThe world has witnessed extraordinary economic growth, poverty reduction and increased life expectancy and population since the end of WWII, but it has occurred at the expense of undermining life support systems on Earth and subjecting future generations to the real risk of destabilising the planet. This timely book exposes and explores this colossal environmental cost and the dangerous position the world is now in. Standing up for a Sustainable World is written by and about key individuals who have not only understood the threats to our planet, but also become witness to them and confronted them. Combining the voices of leading academics as well as climate change and environmental activists, entrepreneurs and investors, the book highlights the urgent action that needs to be taken to foster sustainable, resilient and inclusive development in the face of powerful systemic forces. Chapters look ahead to a better path for human wellbeing, security and dignity, offering insight to ways this can be created. The book as a whole shares the visions and hopes of those fighting in a myriad of ways to make a sustainable world, attempting to tip the balance away from the crushing loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels and increasing global mean temperature, whilst increasing living standards across all dimensions, particularly for the poorest people. An imperative read for those concerned about the future of our planet, this book showcases not only why urgent action is now imperative, but also what changes are necessary for a sustainable, resilient and equitable world. It offers crucial insights for those interested in the dynamics of political action, in how change occurs, and in effective communication. Environmental economics, as well as environmental studies and human geography students and scholars more broadly will find this an invigorating read.Trade Review‘The breadth of coverage is impressive both topically and geographically. The science is accurately depicted, and tales are realistically explained. This unusually well-written book is available directly from the publisher via open access. Highly recommended.’ -- R E O’Connor, CHOICE Review of the Week‘The text is frequently passionate, but never shrill. The breadth of coverage is impressive both topically and geographically. The science is accurately depicted, and tales are realistically explained. This unusually well-written book is available directly from the publisher via open access.’ -- R E O'Connor, CHOICE'This is the first major attempt at conveying to the world, both the need for urgent action to curb climate change, and the multiple channels that can be activated to achieve that goal. Leading academics, environmental activists, entrepreneurs and investors have been asked to lay out ideas on how to make economic development more sustainable and more inclusive. This book is a must-read for all economists and more broadly anyone interested about making the world a better place.' -- Philippe Aghion, College de France, and London School of Economics, UK’Standing Up for a Sustainable World underscores the inexorable link between social justice and environmental justice. While people living in extreme poverty are the least responsible for climate change and environmental damage, they are undoubtedly the most impacted by its consequences. Therefore, it is urgent and essential to strengthen the resilience to climate change of people living in poverty, but only through social and economic change that leaves no-one behind, and which actively involves them in making decisions that affect their lives.' -- Donald Lee, President of the International Movement ATD Fourth World, UK and previously at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, US'We are confronted with loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services globally at unprecedented level. This could be attributed to a number of factors: climate change, deforestation, land use change for agricultural expansion, economic imbalance due to unfair trading practises. If we do not take urgent and immediate actions to address these issues, we might suffer irreversible changes affecting the future of our planet and the fate of future generations. This book provides expert opinion and forward looking thoughts to current global challenges. The book links science with policy in ways that will prompt policy makers into actions. Hence, I wholeheartedly recommend the book to be read by all interested in nature's health and sustainable benefits.' -- Sebsebe Demissew, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, (foreign) Member of the Royal Society, UK and Co-Chair (2013-8) of the IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel, Germany'It is easy to say, as is frequently repeated, that the future of humanity on earth is at risk. The difficult challenge is to understand the empirical basis of that terrible fear, and also to assess, with best professional scrutiny, what we can do to resist the environmental catastrophe. It is wonderful that we can turn to this wide-ranging study for guidance on each.' -- Amartya Sen, Harvard University, US'Reading Standing up for a Sustainable World is essential to understand our times. Claude Henry, Johan Rockstrom and Nicholas Stern, three internationally renowned academics, have collected the voices of those - activists, entrepreneurs, academics - who are taking action to build a more resilient world. We should learn from them in order to change our economic and social model, reduce inequalities and lay the foundations for a better future.' -- Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, France’We are clearly at a fork in the road in the quest to ensure that our children and grandchildren have a liveable planet. This unique book goes well beyond the endless projections, scenarios and storylines that promise a sustainable future but never really deliver. Instead, this book goes to "ground zero" and explores the mushrooming number of new and exciting approaches already being implemented - revolutionary energy technologies, innovative legal tactics, novel communication tools, community stands against ecological destruction, and many more. Each one on its own can't solve the immense, urgent challenges that face humanity in our quest for long-term sustainability, but together they can move us towards the social tipping point that can deliver the future we want at the scale and in the time period that we need.' -- Will Steffen, Australian National University, and former executive director of the International Geoscience-Bioscience Programme'There is so much doom and gloom about the state of the environment due to our greedy plundering of the planet's finite natural resources that many people are losing hope. Therefore Standing up for a Sustainable World: Voices of Change comes not a moment too soon: it showcases projects from around the world that illustrate what can be done to turn things around before it is too late. Projects that will provide jobs and improve things for people, animals, and the environment. It is a book everyone who cares about our future should read.' -- Jane Goodall DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of PeaceTable of ContentsContents: Preface: a collective book project – the last chance? Voluntary actors in an ecological and economic transition xxiii PART I INTRODUCTION SECTION 1 SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUNDS 1 Science, society and a sustainable future 3 Johan Rockström and Nicholas Stern 2 Conservation psychology and climate change 10 Susan Clayton 3 Capitalism and the curse of external effects 24 Claude Henry SECTION 2 SETTING THE SCENE 4 Costa Rica as pioneer of a green social contract 48 Monica Araya 5 The carbon tax in Sweden 59 Thomas Sterner 6 Lessons from the Obama White House: how climate policy really gets done 68 Alice C. Hill 7 Climate policy in China: an overview 76 Ye Qi, Xiaofan Zhao and Nicholas Stern 8 The Paris Agreement on climate change: what legacy? 103 Laurence Tubiana and Emmanuel Guerin PART II DEFENDERS 9 Introduction to Part II 117 Jonathan Watts 10 To protect the Amazon, defend the people of the forest 125 Maria do Socorro Costa Silva 11 Of chainsaws and grace: direct action by eco-vigilantes in the Philippines 128 Bobby Chan 12 Social justice goes hand in hand with environmental campaigns – and not just in Africa 131 Phyllis Omido 13 Living our values: using art and technology to campaign for nature in Turkey 134 Birhan Erkutlu and Tuğba Günal PART III LITIGANTS 14 Introduction to Part III 137 Marie Toussaint and Claude Henry 15 The Urgenda case in the Netherlands: creating a revolution through the courts 140 Marjan Minnesma 16 Juliana v. United States and the global youth-led legal campaign for a safe climate 151 Patti Moore, Danny Noonan and Erik Woodward 17 How policymakers imperil coming generations’ future and what to do about it 158 Ridhima Pandey 18 Protecting the rights of future generations through climate litigation: lessons from the struggle against deforestation in the Colombian Amazon 163 Camila Bustos, Valentina Rozo-Ángel and Gabriela Eslava-Bejarano 19 People’s Climate Case – families and youth take the EU to court over its failure to address the climate crisis 171E. Deville, L. Dubois Gökşen Şahin 20 Climate change claim on behalf of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori peoples 178 Michael Sharp, Nicole Smith and Tania Te Whenua 21 France: L’Affaire du Siècle : the story of a mass mobilization for climate 185 Marie Toussaint PART IV COMING GENERATIONS ON THE FRONT LINE 22 Introduction to Part IV 194 Claude Henry 23 Fridays For Future – FFF Europe and beyond 196 Anuna De Wever, Luisa Neubauer and Katrien van der Heyden 24 The Fridays For Future Movement in Uganda and Nigeria 211 Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Sadrach Nirere and Adenike Titilope Oladosu 25 The origins of School Strike 4 Climate NZ 218 Sophie Handford and Raven Maeder 26 350.org 231 William “Bill” McKibben 27 How to become an engineer in the ecological crisis? 234 Antoine Bizien, Elsa Deville and Lucas Dubois 28 Ecological aspirations of youth: how higher education could fall between two stools 238 Alessia Lefébure PART V ENTREPRENEURS 29 Introduction to Part V 247 Nicholas Stern and Charlotte Taylor 30 Catching mighty North Sea winds 251 Claude Henry 31 Providing electricity from rice husk in rural India 254 Claude Henry 32 Heat pumps for decarbonizing buildings 256 Dominique Bureau 33 The rise of supercapacitors: making electric vehicles as convenient as ordinary ones 261 Claude Henry 34 From scooter to boat: innovations in electric transport in cities of Southeast Asia 264 Pippo Ranci 35 The third attempt at the electric car might be the successful one 271 Geoffrey Heal 36 Solar cookstoves for adaptation to degrading natural conditions 274 Claude Henry 37 Carbon capture from ambient air: a brake on climate change? 278 Claude Henry 38 Ecological engineering in coastal protection 283 Claude Henry 39 Better to corrupt plastics than the environment 286 Pippo Ranci 40 Drip irrigation: Daniel Hillel’s legacy 291 Claude Henry 41 Making the case for agroecological innovation: the need for technical but also political entrepreneurs 294 Sébastien Treyer 42 Radical transformation in global supply chains: can new business models be based on biodiversity in the agrifood industry? 297 Sébastien Treyer 43 Ethan Brown – the protein revolutionary 301 Geoffrey Heal 44 How to make a sustainable living in a tropical forest: the case of Suruí Indians in the Amazon rainforest – success under threat 304 Claude Henry 45 Migrants to repopulate depopulated villages – Riace in Calabria, Italy and its mayor Mimmo Lucano 307 Pippo Ranci 46 How Loos-en-Gohelle, a derelict mining town in the north of France, has become a standard in sustainable development 312 Michel Berry PART VI INVESTORS 47 Introduction to Part VI 321 Nicholas Stern and Charlotte Taylor 48 Unleashing the power of financial markets for the green transition 325 Jeremy Oppenheim and Catharina Dyvik 49 The case for fossil fuel divestment 339 Stephen B. Heintz 50 How can finance be used to combat climate change? 349 Alain Grandjean 51 China’s pioneering green finance 358 Ma Jun PART VII COMMUNICATORS 52 Introduction to Part VII 368 Johan Rockström 53 Communicating climate change science to diverse audiences 374 Asmeret Asefaw Berhe 54 Global marine fisheries: avoiding further collapses 382 Philippe Cury and Daniel Pauly 55 Why are we so much more afraid of COVID-19 than of climate change? Early lessons from a health crisis for the communication of climate change 394 François Gemenne and Anneliese Depoux 56 Communicating the climate emergency: imagination, emotion, action 399 Genevieve Guenther 57 Climate change: from research to communication 407 Jean Jouzel 58 Communicating biodiversity loss and its link to economics 412 Georgina M. Mace 59 Helping trusted messengers find their voice on climate change 424 Edward Maibach 60 From climate scientist to climate communicator: a process of evolution 431 Michael E. Mann 61 Communicating science beyond the ivory tower 436 David R. Montgomery Index

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book explores how the global ecological crisis profoundly challenges conventional meanings of environmental security and raises important questions about how states and other institutions now face the future.Simon Dalby provides unique insights into the traditional search for security in terms of using firepower to dominate states and environments, and how this is now endangering people across the globe. Whereas earlier concerns about nuclear firepower focused on the security dilemmas it posed, Dalby offers a new perspective into the existential threats to civilization presented by the combustion of fossil fuels. Propounding that the constraint of firepower in both senses is now key to a flourishing human future, the book calls for international relations scholars to rethink many of the central premises in the field and formulate new policies that focus on the necessity of ecological flourishing to provide meaningful security in a climate disrupted world.Visionary and inspiring, Rethinking Environmental Security will be a critical read for scholars and students of international relations, climate change, environmental governance and regulation, and political geography and geopolitics. Its novel ideas will also be beneficial for policy makers and practitioners in these fields.Trade Review‘This extraordinarily comprehensive book provides an ontological and political reworking of one of the master concepts in International Relations – security – to help us grasp the multiple dangers and anxieties associated with the unsustainable trajectory of global capitalist societies in the Anthropocene. Simultaneously critical and visionary, this unique account pushes us to see environmental security as less about environmental and social protection and more about world making.’ -- Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne, Australia‘Simon Dalby has long been a thorn in the side of business-as-usual approaches to ecology, security, and planetary futures. In Rethinking Environmental Security, he demonstrates that existing practices cannot create security—not for the planet, not for its people, and not for a political-economic system premised on climate stability and ever-expanding fossil fuel use. Dalby shows that the firepower destabilizing the international system is not military might, but the extractivist logic of the world’s energy economy. Climate stationarity is dead—and promises to take with it much of the thinking about security, territoriality and risk that brought us to this point. Dalby reminds us that nothing will change until our understanding of security wakes up to the politics of the Anthropocene.’ -- Ken Conca, American University, US‘Simon Dalby has been at the forefront of efforts to rethink “security”, “environmental security” and the discipline of International Relations for almost three decades. Rethinking Environmental Security is a lucid and important addition to this body of work, framed around the claim that, in a world of both war and climate change, humanity needs to develop ways of controlling firepower in all its forms.’ -- Jan Selby, University of Sheffield, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to Rethinking Environmental Security 1. Realism, firepower and insecurity 2. Sustainable development/environmental insecurity 3. Geostory: deep time and history 4. The geopolitics of colonizing nature 5. Global security/environmental conflict 6. Catastrophic and existential risks 7. Whole earth security: an engineered world 8. Environmental peacebuilding Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book traces the origins and evolution of environmental policy formation, comparing the differences in this process between developing and developed countries. It focuses on the importance of the state's role and issues of timing and sequence in the creation of environmental policies.Expert contributors provide new insights into how the environment as a concept and environmental policies have evolved. They analyse how ''latecomer public policy'' is related to the dilemma between industrial development and maintaining high environmental standards, especially in developing countries. Chapters also examine these processes in a variety of regions with rich records of environmental policies and trajectories of change. Taking a historical and path dependence approach, the book emphasises the significance of the role of administrative systems, policy coordination and timing in the success or failure of environmental policies.This book will be a valuable resource for academics and students of environmental studies, public policy, public administration and regional studies. Its synthesis of empirical data and case studies from countries including China, Taiwan, Thailand, the US and Germany will also be beneficial for policymakers.Trade Review'Origins and Evolution of Environmental Policies is a masterful assessment of the trajectories of environmental and conservation policies in East Asian developing countries, deftly using the experiences of developed countries to emphasize the obstacles facing the industrial ''late-comer''. The incisive chapters by highly knowledgeable Japanese experts dispel the popular ''late-comer advantage'' notion by demonstrating that the persistence of the initial fragmentation of government institutions undermines effective policy. The penetrating case studies -- histories, issue analysis, and policymaking-process assessments -- are each illuminating in themselves, but also contribute to a coherent argument for the importance of institutional reform.' -- - William Ascher, Claremont McKenna College, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface x 1 Introduction: origins and evolution of environmental policies – state, time, and regional experiences 1 Tadayoshi Terao and Tsuruyo Funatsu 2 Resource and environmental policies during economic development: formation of latecomer public policy in late industrialization 15 Tadayoshi Terao 3 Path dependence in environment and health policy development in China: a historical review on the early stage 34 Kenji Otsuka 4 Formation of Taiwan’s air pollution control policy: the Air Pollution Control Act of 1975 51 Tadayoshi Terao 5 The Map Ta Phut pollution dispute in Thailand: a turning point toward more comprehensive pollution control 78 Tsuruyo Funatsu 6 Compulsion to maintain: water and state power in Southeast Asia 105 Jin Sato 7 Path dependence and its disruption: how the US Environmental Protection Agency evolved 124 Hiroki Oikawa 8 German packaging waste policy: its development and significance 149 Susumu Kitagawa Index

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Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share at Elgaronline.Centralizing the role of land and landowners, Spatial Flood Risk Management brings together knowledge from socio-economy, public policy, hydrology, geomorphology, and engineering to establish an interdisciplinary knowledge base on spatial approaches to managing flood risks.Discussing key barriers and sharing evidence-based best practices to flood risk management, international contributors involved in the LAND4FLOOD EU COST Action initiative (CA16209) seek transferrable solutions to the implementation challenges of nature-based solutions. Introducing the concept of spatial flood risk management, the multi-national teams of authors consider the notion of land through three analytical lenses: as a biophysical system, a socio-economic resource, and a solution to flood-risk management. Advocating for a more comprehensive approach, the book explores options of where and how to store water within catchments, including decentralized water retention in the hinterland, flood storage along rivers, and planned flooding in resilient cities.Bringing together the existing knowledge on the relation between flood risk management and land with an international and interdisciplinary scope, this book will prove invaluable to academics, policy makers and public authorities involved in flood risk management, urban planners, and governing environmental bodies.Trade Review‘In a world where climatic variability is expected to deluge various regions of the world, the link between land use and water management will become even more evident. Hence, this book is a very timely and welcomed compilation of articles exploring nature-based solutions for flood risk management on privately-owned lands. It fills a large gap in the literature and is certainly a major contribution to the field.’ -- Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University and Immediate past-President of The International Water Resources Association, US‘Global climate change will cause more flood damage. The implementation of nature-based water retardation and absorption measures on both private and public land is an essential damage mitigation strategy. This book by leading European flood experts provides a roadmap to the hydrological, economic, geographic, legal and social challenges that the adoption and implementation of effective strategies poses.’ -- A. Dan Tarlock, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Tech, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xii Sally Priest Acknowledgement xiv 1 Introduction to Spatial Flood Risk Management: Implementing Catchment-based Retention and Resilience on Private Land 1 Thomas Hartmann, Lenka Slavíková and Mark E. Wilkinson PART I WATER RETENTION IN THE HINTERLAND 2 Nature-based solutions for flow reduction in catchment headwaters 13 Mary Bourke, Mark E. Wilkinson and Zorica Srdjevic 3 Legal challenges of restricting land use for natural flood protection in the hinterland 33 Juliane Albrecht and Sofija Nikolić Popadić 4 Implementation of measures in the hinterland: transaction costs and economic instruments 52 Gábor Ungvári and Dennis Collentine PART II FLOOD STORAGE ALONG RIVERS 5 Technical and hydrological effects across scales and thresholds of polders, dams and levees 68 Reinhard Pohl and Nejc Bezak 6 Financial compensation and legal restrictions for using land for flood retention 89 Andras Kis, Arthur Schindelegger and Vesna Zupanc 7 Upstream-downstream schemes and their instruments 106 Thomas Hartmann, Lukas Löschner and Jan Macháč PART III RESILIENT CITIES 8 Individual measures for adaptive cities 120 Christin Rinnert, Thomas Thaler and Robert Jüpner 9 Institutionalizing the resilient city: constraints and opportunities 134 Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir and Barbara Tempels 10 The role of risk transfer and spatial planning for enhancing the flood resilience of cities 148 Paul Hudson and Lenka Slavíková PART IV CONCLUSION 11 Challenges of spatial flood risk management 164 Thomas Hartmann, Lenka Slavíková and Mark E. Wilkinson Index

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the spread of public and private environmental and food safety regulations from Europe and North America to Asia and Africa. It explores the growth of policy diffusion and standard alignment on sustainability observed in non-Western follower countries in a globalizing world.The book examines the role of both developed and developing non-Western countries as followers that adopt food safety, environmental and sustainability policies under different conditions to those of the originating country. Chapters analyse non-state forms of transnational regulation, and how these have diffused to non-Western countries. They showcase how standard alignment efforts lead to multiple localized regulations determined by specific circumstances, highlighting the dilemma in designing policy in an era of globalization.The use of in-depth case studies by renowned experts will make this book an important read for political science and economics scholars interested in trade, standards and international regulation. Policy-makers concerned with issues of sustainability in follower countries will find the book’s lessons on how to adapt policies helpful.Trade Review‘The Diffusion of Public and Private Sustainability Regulation sheds much needed light on the domestic processes in Asian and African countries that adopt policies originating from elsewhere. Policy diffusion processes are an essential part of global environmental governance but we still don’t fully understand how, in particular, non-Western countries translate and adopt environmental regulations that originate from Western countries. This book is a major contribution in this regard.’ -- - Katja Biedenkopf, University of Leuven, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to The Diffusion of Public and Private Sustainability Regulations: The Responses of Follower Countries 1 Etsuyo Michida, John Humphrey and David Vogel 2. National palm oil standards in Asia: motivations and impacts on trade and rural development 17 John Humphrey and Etsuyo Michida 3. Factors explaining the adoption of green building rating systems at the country level: competition of LEED and other green building rating systems 47 Kenji Shiraishi and Hajime Iseda 4. Diffusion mechanisms for regulating fishery products: the cases of Tanzania, Madagascar, and Mauritius 75 Akiko Yanai 5. Seeking the similarities while keeping the differences: the development of emissions trading schemes in northeast Asia 99 Fang-Ting Cheng 6. The diffusion of energy efficiency policies in Asian countries: country-specific drivers of policy followers 120 Michikazu Kojima Index 137

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Book SynopsisProviding an extensive comparative and international study of water innovations and the issues that arise in their implementation, David Lewis Feldman analyses the technical, economic, health and environmental impacts of water innovations and their policy implications.Discussing desalination, rainwater harvesting, wastewater reuse, and demand-side innovations as well as emerging cyber-infrastructure issues, The Governance of Water Innovations analyses the historical and contemporary challenges involved in water innovations. With a global reach, exploring water innovations across The Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe, chapters consider potential areas of contention involving land use, aesthetics, recreational impacts, user costs, and environmental quality. Illuminating the importance of these challenges and determining the most effective and equitable ways of meeting them, Feldman advises how innovations should be deployed, governed and implemented democratically in ways that harbour public acceptance, trust, and engagement for a water resilient future.A comprehensive study of the governance of water innovations, this book will prove invaluable to students and scholars of public policy, environmental and water studies and geopolitics. With its pioneering analysis of adaptive governance, it will also prove an essential reference guide to practitioners, professionals and policymakers working in water governance and management, including water agency officials and water resource legislators.Trade Review‘David Feldman has done it again. With his latest book, The Governance of Water Innovations, he reminds us of the limits of technology in governing water. In a time when we are searching for solutions to solve our water woes, Feldman appropriately calls for a more democratic, public engaged process.’ -- Andrea K. Gerlak, University of Arizona, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to the governance of water innovations: the global need for water alternatives 2. Solutions and problems: the promise and pitfalls of water alternatives 3. Water governance: historical themes and relevance today 4. Adaptive governance: new solutions to new challenges 5. Public acceptance: trust, confidence, engagement 6. Future prospects: toward a water-resilient future References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of research on changing behaviour to become less environmentally harmful. Exploring how well-designed, contextually appropriate behaviour change interventions can work, it charts a path for future research that challenges traditional assumptions to maximise pro-environmental impact.Drawing together work from diverse perspectives and disciplines, this Handbook makes six key recommendations for anyone working towards a more sustainable society. Giving a critical perspective on existing ways of thinking about research and policy, leading global scholars examine behavioural change in the public and private sphere. Through empirical analysis and theoretical reflection, they review key success stories and identify where new ideas and approaches are needed. Chapters discuss cutting-edge issues including citizen science, effectiveness of behavioural interventions, norm nudges, public participation in climate policy, and children’s pro-environmentalism. The Handbook on Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students of sustainability, social psychology, cultural and human geography, environmental governance, and natural resource management. It will also prove an essential guide for practitioners and activists seeking evidence-based strategies to induce change.Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION Introduction to the Handbook on Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change 2 Birgitta Gatersleben and Niamh Murtagh PART II STATE OF THE ART 1 Why do some behaviour change interventions not work as well as expected? 16 Wojke Abrahamse 2 Intrinsic motivation to act pro-environmentally 28 Linda Steg 3 Evaluating the effectiveness of pro-environmental behaviour change interventions: a review of reviews 38 Birgitta Gatersleben, George Murrell and Judith Geusen 4 One thing leads to another? Pro-environmental behavioural spillover 63 Nicholas Nash and Lorraine Whitmarsh 5 Experiences in nature and children’s pro-environmentalism 78 Silvia Collado and Gary W. Evans 6 Norm nudges in neighbourhoods: when do they work and why? 96 Tabea Hoffmann, Ward Rauws, Gregg Sparkman and Jan Willem Bolderdijk PART III EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 7 Measuring pro-environmental behaviour: a critical reflection 114 Birgitta Gatersleben 8 The car or the bike today? Using segmentation to understand and change commuter decision making 125 Stewart Barr 9 Cut from the same cloth? Understanding behavioural consistency in energy and clothes shopping 142 Christopher R. Jones, Natalie McCreesh, Caroline Oates and Helen Storey 10 Designing behavioural interventions for better e-waste management and the circular economy 163 Keshav Parajuly, Ruediger Kuehr and Colin Fitzpatrick 11 Understanding what shapes pro-environmental behaviours in small construction firms 185 Alice M. Owen, Niamh Murtagh and Kate Simpson PART IV THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 12 Is research on pro-environmental behaviour change focused on what matters? 200 Niamh Murtagh 13 Basic psychological needs and autonomous motivation: a humanistic perspective on pro-environmental behaviour change 212 Marlis Wullenkord 14 Environmental identity as a motivator of pro-environmental behaviour 227 Susan Clayton and Sandor Czellar 15 Collective identity as a vehicle for individual and systemic change 240 Gerhard Reese 16 Promoting sustainable behaviours: the problem with materialistic values and potential avenues to progress 252 Amy Isham, Helga Dittmar and Tim Jackson 17 Pro-environmental behaviour is a moral issue 270 Ellen van der Werff PART V ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES 18 Should environmental communication be more disruptive and should psychologists study this more? 281 Christian A. Klöckner 19 Charging for change: the effectiveness of economic instruments to change environmentally-relevant behaviours 289 Wouter Poortinga and Stefan Drews 20 Household air pollution and behaviour change: learning from unexpected findings 308 Brendon R. Barnes 21 Citizen science as a pro-environmental behaviour and a catalyst for further behaviour change 321 Kayleigh J. Wyles and Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes 22 Contested climate policies and public participation: an equal-opportunities- and values-based approach (EVA) 336 Goda Perlaviciute, Lorenzo Squintani and Lu Liu PART VI THE CONTEXTS OF BEHAVIOUR 23 Applying the Behaviour Change Wheel to mitigate the biodiversity crisis 354 Melissa R. Marselle and Sarah E. Golding 24 If you want to change behaviour, start with the environment 373 P. Wesley Schultz and Samantha N. Mertens 25 From consumers to citizens – grassroots initiatives for system transformation 388 Sebastian Bamberg 26 A cognitive approach to sustainable lifestyles 405 John Thøgersen 27 Life-course transitions: thinking sociologically about sustainable consumption 423 Kate Burningham and Susan Venn PART VII CONCLUSIONS 28 Concluding thoughts: what is moving us forward and what is still to be done? 443 Niamh Murtagh and Birgitta Gatersleben Index

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Book Synopsis‘Citizen sensing’, the practice in which grassroots actors use sensor technology for environmental monitoring, is increasingly entering the debate around environmental risk governance. This groundbreaking book explores the potential for citizen sensing to concretely influence the governance of environmental risks to public health by shaping policy responses implemented by competent institutions. Taking a unique perspective that combines the elements of risk, technology, the grassroots-drive and distrust, Anna Berti Suman analyses which factors contribute to the policy uptake of community-led citizen sensing. She frames the study through the voices of the citizen sensing participants interviewed in her fieldwork, incorporating both theoretical reflections and ethnography into a mixed-methods approach. The book offers novel insights into the advantages and drawbacks of the reliance on citizen sensing by institutional actors and highlights the need for further research in this area. Academics working in environmental law and risk governance will find the research and findings contained in this book both interesting and timely. It will also be of practical use to policy-makers and practitioners, as well as citizen sensing communities that wish to make their monitoring practices more influential.Trade Review‘Anna Berti Suman has written a remarkable book about the policy uptake of grassroots citizen sensing. With great insight, Berti Suman extends our thinking with respect to the notions of citizen sensing, policy uptake, and risk governance. Her point about “integration dilemma” will be of interest to readers in public policy studies, environmental studies, and disaster studies. This book will change the way academics, policy-makers and citizen sensing practitioners think about communication between citizens and institutional actors in Europe and beyond.’

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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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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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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge book considers the functional inseparability of risk and innovation within the context of environmental law and governance. Analysing both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ innovation, the book argues that approaches to socio-ecological risk require innovation in order for society and the environment to become more resilient.In addition to risk and innovation, this book also highlights the need for resilience thinking in environmental law and governance, questioning whether these three factors are mutually supportive. Featuring wide geographical coverage of environmental law issues in both developing and developed nations, contributions posit that environmental law and governance is in a constant state of transformation. Throughout the book, discrete topics such as oceans, climate change and biodiversity are considered alongside intersecting themes such as human rights and litigation.Featuring up to date analysis of cutting edge topics by leading scholars in the field, The Transformation of Environmental Law and Governance will be a key resource for academics and students in the fields of environmental law, governance and regulation and environmental politics and policy. The valuable insights offered will also be beneficial for practitioners and lawmakers involved in the development of environmental law.Trade Review‘Sindico, Switzer and Qin's prescient volume brings answers to some of the most crucial questions in law, and indeed, in society today. In a comprehensive analysis spanning topics from food and agriculture, to climate change and energy, it demonstrates the importance of understanding the connections between socio-ecological risk, legal innovation and ecological and societal resilience. It should have a place on the bookshelf of all legal scholars.’ -- Elizabeth Kirk, University of Lincoln, UK‘In the face of ongoing and emerging environmental pressures, the foundations of environmental law are rapidly changing, with new actors and new forms of regulation challenging existing preconceptions of how environmental law works. This book offers a timely look into the forces of risk, innovation and resilience underpinning and reflecting these changes. Sindico, Switzer and Qin have successfully brought together a diverse cast of established and early career scholars to shed new light on the dynamic evolution of environmental law.’ -- Harro van Asselt, University of Eastern Finland‘Never has environmental law been more paradoxical; the need for it so obvious whilst its impact seemingly less notable. Society is grappling not only with a wide range of challenges, across multiple sectors but how it confronts them is also changing. As the contributors to this book reveal, searching for answers and new ways of doing things is essential, whilst underlining the continual challenges of human folly. This collection opens up the conversation, revealing new insights and explores some of the ongoing problems.’ -- Duncan French, University of Lincoln, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Risk, innovation and resilience: moving towards mutual supportiveness 2 Francesco Sindico, Stephanie Switzer and Qin Tianbao PART II INNOVATION 2 Fracking and environmental law for sustainability: an era of global ecological risks and the imperative of legal transformations 15 Patryck de Araújo Ayala and Mariana Carvalho Victor Coelho PART III RISK 3 Innovating societal response to radiation risk: insights from the Fukushima Safecast case 34 Anna Berti Suman 4 Drug pollution from manufacturing, antimicrobial resistance and the importation of pharmaceutical active ingredients from third countries. The European drug safety regime under scrutiny: key legal and institutional aspects, challenges and opportunities 51 Elodie Le Gal PART IV RESILIENCE 5 Evaluating community resilience in promoting ecological and social justice in groundwater governance: lessons from India 75 Stellina Jolly 6 Strengthening the role of traditional leaders for effective local community participation in environmental management in Malawi 93 Gift Dorothy Makanje PART V CLIMATE CHANGE 7 Integrating climate change into impact assessments: key design elements 112 Meinhard Doelle 8 ‘Innovation’ and the law in state reports on climate change action 130 He Xiangbai and Alexander Zahar 9 Climate change law and colonialism: the rights of nature and a hypothetical case for bison person in Canada 148 Laura S. Lynes PART VI ENERGY 10 Community renewable energy for sustainable development 168 Richard Ottinger, Tom Bourgeois, Robert Habermann and Achinthi Vithanage PART VII FRESHWATER 11 The construction of the Três Marias dam and the absence of public policies for the arrival of the waters in the municipality of Morada Nova de Minas in Brazil 190 Mônica Thaís Souza Ribeiro, Izabela Zanotelli Collares and Danuta R. N. de Souza Calazans PART VIII BIODIVERSITY AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND LAND, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 12 Blockchain technology for food security? Resilience potential and risk identification for the Multilateral System of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 207 Thomas Gils and Christine Frison 13 Synthetic biology and international environmental law: time to move from definition to regulation 226 David Leary PART IX OCEANS 14 Climate proofing ocean governance: a journey through unchartered waters 245 Simone Borg PART X HUMAN RIGHTS 15 A new frontier in human rights law: the proposed third international covenant on the right of human beings to the environment 266 Michel Prieur and Mohamed Ali Mekouar PART XI LITIGATION 16 Resilience and access to climate justice 285 Morgan Eleanor Harris Index

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Book SynopsisIn this timely book, leading scholar Oran Young reflects on the future of the global order. Developing new lenses through which to consider needs for governance arising on a global scale, Young investigates the grand challenges of the 21st century requiring the most urgent and sustained planetary responses: protecting the Earth’s climate system; controlling the eruption of pandemics; suppressing disruptive uses of cyberspace; and guiding the biotechnology revolution. Exploring how developments such as globalization, the rise of increasingly influential non-state actors, and the onset of the cyber age are eroding the institutional foundations of international society, this book considers the prospects for new forms of global order that differ in important ways from the familiar but increasingly problematic states system. Offering critical insights into the pressing need for institutional change to meet 21st century challenges, this book will prove beneficial to scholars working on matters involving governance on a global scale. Practitioners looking to connect their actions to broader analytic concerns will also find the book insightful.Trade Review‘Oran Young, known worldwide for his contributions to thinking about governance, has taken advantage of the isolation imposed by Covid-19 to produce a ground-breaking analysis of the distinctive challenges of the 21st century along with changes in the global order as we move beyond a western-dominated world. The result is essential reading for all those interested in governance. It will also inspire policy analysts looking for fresh perspectives on specific issues.’ -- Jian Yang, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, China‘In this timely book, Oran Young, the world’s leading authority on international governance, provides a deep analysis of 21st century challenges of planetary governance. Using a range of prominent cases, he considers different ways to think about the needs for governance and explores alternative approaches to addressing them.’ -- Alexander N. Vylegzhanin, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia‘Oran Young is a towering intellectual – the dean of academics concerned with environmental governance. As a person also engaged with the very governance he studies, he can think profoundly and act too, powerfully and pragmatically. This combination of imagining the ideal while engaging with the actual makes him a unique guide to the future, a future that may differ drastically from the present.’ -- Durwood Zaelke, Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Building intellectual capital for turbulent times 2. Grand challenges of planetary governance in the 21st century 3. Steering mechanisms for social and socioecological systems 4. What do we mean when we speak about the effectiveness of governance systems? 5. Does formalization enhance institutional effectiveness? 6. Escaping social and socioecological traps in complex systems 7. The technological dimensions of governance 8. The future of the global order References Index

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Book SynopsisWorking to demystify the enigmatic process behind unexpected policymaking, this important book proposes to understand the significance of meaning struggles and the uncertainty provoked by the multiple pressures in governmental decision making. Using the French case, where the government shifted position 3 times before banning hydraulic fracturing, The Politics of Meaning Struggles addresses the wider phenomenon of governmental shifts in policy decisions through a new perspective, a pragmatist constructivism approach.This controversial governmental U-turn is thoroughly analysed through the meticulous reconstitution of multiple debates which took place not only in the public arena but also in the privacy of government. Based on 3 years of investigation and 52 lengthy qualitative interviews across the hierarchical levels of the bureaucracy including former ministers, and through exclusive access to the archive of Prime Minister, the authors allow us to better understand the complexity and uncertainty in the policy process, which has yet to be explained by classical theories, frameworks and concepts. It builds from the oversights of existing policy approaches to create a more comprehensive understanding as to why State decisions, pressured by power struggles and mutating proposals, are never written in advance.>Working towards gaining a better grasp of the complexity and diversity of public policies, this insightful book will be invaluable to public policy students and scholars. It will also be particularly useful to policy makers working within the gas industry and wider governmental roles that involve policy and decision making.Trade Review‘Drawing inspiration from the politics of meaning creation, this fresh perspective of pragmatist constructivism proposes an explanation of public policy not as a coherent whole but as an investigation of interrelated micro-phenomena of semantic confrontation and power struggles in diverse discourse forums. Analytically rich and methodologically sophisticated, it helps us understand how facts and coalitions are built through political conflict and contestation in different settings to shape public policies that discuss, support, change or abandon established courses of action.’ -- Nikolaos Zahariadis, Rhodes College, US‘Through the lens of their Pragmatist Constructivist Framework, Zittoun and Chailleux provide an eye-opening, and to some extent jaw-dropping, account of the French Government’s reversals on fracking policy. By detailing the why, where, when and how of definitional struggles animating French fracking policy, they offer many insights into how policy “problems” and “solutions” are made and unmade. A brilliant evocation of the politics of meaning and how it matters for explaining policy outcomes.’ -- Christopher Ansell, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to The Politics of Meaning Struggles 1. The containment of the first policy statement about granting licenses 2. The lightning-fast publicization of a tragic problem 3. The impossibility of problem-solving: manufacturing, circulating, and abandoning government proposals 4. The meteoric victory of the fracking ban 5. Locking in the ban, the failure of attempts to challenge the law Conclusion to The Politics of Meaning Struggles Bibliography Index

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