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Institutional Capacity for Climate Change Response: A New Approach to Climate Politics book cover

1st Edition

Institutional Capacity for Climate Change Response A New Approach to Climate Politics

Edited By Theresa Scavenius, Steve Rayner Copyright 2018
164 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In a period of rapid climate change and climate governance failures, it is crucial to understand and address how effectively different political institutions can and should react to climate change. The term 'institutional response capacity' can be defined as a measurement for how effective political institutions may respond to threats and challenges such as climate change. This book sets... Read more

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

Biography

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

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