Institutional Capacity for Climate Change Response (eBook, ePUB)

A New Approach to Climate Politics
Redaktion: Scavenius, Theresa; Rayner, Steve

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The term "institutional response capacity" is a measurement for how effective political institutions may respond to threats and challenges such as climate change. This book provides a discussion of how to conduct climate politics by offering new perspectives on how social and political institutions are capable of responding to climate change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317309789
• Artikelnr.: 50519528

Autorenporträt

Theresa Scavenius is an associate professor at the Department of Planning, University of Aalborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Steve Rayner is James Martin Professor of Science and Civilization and Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation, and Society, University of Oxford, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Theresa Scavenius and Steve Rayner Part 1: Institutional
Capacities and Democracy 1. Climate Change, Governance and Knowledge Nico
Stehr and Alexander Ruser 2. The Institutional Capacity of Democracy
Theresa Scavenius 3. Institutional Responsibility Jessica Nihlen Fahlquist
Part 2: Response Capacity and Behavioural Change 4. The Double Gap Between
Climate Values and Action Theresa Scavenius and Malene Rudolf Lindberg 5.
The Social Contract for Climate Risks: Private and Public Responses W. Neil
Adger, Tara Quinn, Irene Lorenzoni, and Conor Murphy 6. The Role of Civil
Society in Adaptation Strategies Jens Hoff Part 3: Institutional Capacity
in Society 7. Institutional Challenges of Climate Geoengineering Steve
Rayner and Peter Healey 8. Post-Paris Long-term Climate Capacity: The Role
of Universities Saleemul Huq and Naznin Nasir