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The Economic, Social and Political Elements of Climate Change

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Walter Leal Filho

    1. Wissenschaften Hamburg, Forschungs- und Transferzentrum,, Hochschule für Angewandte, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Best papers from the leading online conference on climate change
  • The only resource to capture a successful online event
  • Provides solutions and concepts for climate change governance
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Climate Change Management (CCM)

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Table of contents (50 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Social Aspects of Climate Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Adaptive Capacities of European City Regions in Climate Change: On the Importance of Governance Innovations for Regional Climate Policies

      • Sybille Bauriedl
      Pages 3-14

    3. An Assessment of Climate-Induced Conflict Risks Over Shared Water Resources in Africa

      • Samir A. Algamal
      Pages 15-26

    4. Indigenous Communities and Climate Change Policy: An Inclusive Approach

      • Vinita Krishna
      Pages 27-49

    5. Mitigating Climate Change Via Clean Energy Financing: An Assessment of the Asian Development Bank’s Mitigation Efforts in Southeast Asia

      • Laurence L. Delina
      Pages 51-68

    6. Nikan oti (the future): Adaptation and Adaptive Capacity in Two First Nations Communities

      • Willie Ermine, Jeremy Pittman
      Pages 69-80

    7. Mitigation of the Earth’s Economy: A Viable Strategy for Insurance Systems

      • Liam Phelan, Ann Henderson-Sellers, Ros Taplin
      Pages 81-98

    8. Contribution of Urban Agriculture to Food Security, Biodiversity Conservation and Reducing Agricultural Carbon Footprint

      • Neeraja Havaligi
      Pages 99-112

    9. Temporal Metaphor in Abrupt Climate Change Communication: An Initial Effort at Clarification

      • Chris Russill
      Pages 113-132

    10. The Increase of Global Temperature as a Result of the Greenhouse Effect: Assessing the Reasons for Disagreement Among Scientists

      • Stilianos A. Tampakis, Vasileios E. Pantazis, Evangelos I. Manolas
      Pages 133-142

    11. The Social Dilemma of Climate Change: Socio-economic Implications

      • Martin Beckenkamp
      Pages 143-152

    12. Towards a Psychology of Climate Change

      • Christian A. Kloeckner
      Pages 153-173

    13. Worldviews and Climate Change: Harnessing Universal Motivators to Enable an Effective Response

      • Judith Ford
      Pages 175-189

  3. Economic Aspects of Climate Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Analysis of Green Investment Scheme for Energy Efficiency Measures in Latvia

      • Andra Blumberga, Gatis Zogla, Marika Rosa, Dagnija Blumberga
      Pages 193-206

    3. Carbon Credit Currency for the Future

      • Neeraj Singhal, Himani Gupta
      Pages 207-225

    4. Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Vietnam

      • Nguyen Van Viet
      Pages 227-243

    5. Climate Change and Economic Uncertainty in the Wine Sector: A Case Study of the Maule Region, Chile

      • Monica Hadarits
      Pages 245-265

    6. Critical Parameters for Mass-Cargo Affine Industries Due to Climate Change in Germany: Impacts of Low Water Events on Industry and Possible Adaptation Measures

      • Anja Scholten, Benno Rothstein, Roland Baumhauer
      Pages 267-287
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A unique feature of this book is its strong practice-oriented nature: it contains a wide range of papers dealing with the social, economic and political aspects of climate change, exemplifying the diversity of approaches to climate change management taking place all over the world, in a way never seen before. In addition, the book describes a number of projects and other initiatives happening in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin American and the Australasian region, providing a profile of the diversity of works taking place today.

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  • Wissenschaften Hamburg, Forschungs- und Transferzentrum,, Hochschule für Angewandte, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

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