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The Politics of Climate Change : A Survey

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Title: The Politics of Climate Change : A Survey
Author: Maxwell Boykoff
ISBN: 0415613566 / 9780415613569
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 324
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2010
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  • Description
  • Contents

Climate change is a defining issue in contemporary life. Since the Industrial Revolution, heavy reliance on carbon-based sources for energy in industry and society has contributed to substantial changes in the climate, indicated by increases in temperature and sea level rise.

In the last three decades, concerns regarding human contributions to climate change have moved from obscure scientific inquiries to the fore of science, politics, policy and practices at many levels. From local adaptation strategies to international treaty negotiation, ‘the politics of climate change’ is as pervasive, vital and contested as it has ever been.

On the cusp of a new commitment to international co-operation to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, this essential book intervenes to help understand and engage with the dynamic and compelling ‘Politics of Climate Change’.

This edited collection draws on a vast array of experience, expertise and perspectives, with authors with backgrounds in climate science, geography, environmental studies, biology, sociology, political science, psychology and philosophy. This reflects the contemporary conditions where the politics of climate change permeates and penetrates all facets of our shared lives and livelihoods.

Chapters include the Politics of Climate Science, History of Climate Policy, the Cultural Politics of Climate Change: Interactions in the Spaces of Everyday, the Politics of Interstate Climate Negotiations, the Politics of the Carbon Economy, and Addressing Inequality.

An A - Z glossary of key terms offers additional information in dictionary format, with entries on topics including Carbon tax, Stabilization, Renewable technologies and the World Meteorological Organization.

A section of Maps offers a visual overview of the effects of environmental change.

Foreword
Introduction

Chapter 1 : The Politics of Climate Science
Chapter 2 : The History of International Climate Change Politics: Three Decades of Progress, Process and Procrastination
Chapter 3 : The Politics of Interstate Climate Negotiations
Chapter 4 : Protagonists in the Market of Climate Change Knowledge
Chapter 5 : The Politics of the Carbon Economy
Chapter 6 : The Politics of Adaptation Across Scales: The Implications of Additionality to Policy Choice and Development Maria
Chapter 7 : Addressing Inequality and Building Trust to Secure a Post-2012 Global Climate Deal
Chapter 8 : Cultural Politics of Climate Change: Interactions in Everyday Spaces
Chapter 9 : Costly Knowledge - Unaffordable Denial : The Politics of Public Understanding and Engagement on Climate Change

A - Z Glossary
Maps and Statistics

 
 
 
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