By Nicholas Low
January 23, 2024
This book argues that social transformation is both necessary and possible if democracies are to respond effectively to the climate crisis without social collapse. Climate transformation and social transformation are intimately connected. Understanding how to address climate change requires a ...
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By Ndivhuho Tshikovhi, Andréa Santos, Xiaolong Zou, Fulufhelo Netswera, Irina Zotovna Yarygina, Sriram Divi
December 12, 2023
This book provides a quantitative and qualitative overview of the overall impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa’s (BRICS countries) capacity to re-shape global climate governance and explore areas for mutual cooperation. BRICS countries account for ...
By Gerald Kutney
December 04, 2023
Climate Denial in American Politics is a detailed examination of the rise within American politics of climate denialism, the counter movement which challenges the accepted science of climate change. Organized by the administration of an American president from Roosevelt to Biden, this book provides...
By Matti Goldberg
December 01, 2023
This book presents an empirical study of the role of knowledge in the making of the climate-security nexus. Climate change might give the Soviet Union a competitive advantage in the Cold War. Extreme droughts contributed to wars in Darfur, Syria or Yemen. Melting sea ice creates geopolitical risks....
By Rani Muthukrishnan, Ranjan Datta
December 01, 2023
This book centers Indigenous knowledge and practice in community-led climate change solutions. This book will be one of the first academic books to use the consciousness framework to examine and explain humans' situatedness and role in maintaining ecosystems' health. Drawing on teachings from the ...
By Gisele Arruda, Lara Johannsdottir
November 30, 2023
This book presents specific case studies of climate finance in the Arctic and examines how the green revolution could be a game changer in this sensitive region. Bringing together contributions from a range of experts in the field, Climate Change Adaptation and Green Finance assesses the costs of ...
By Ben L. Parr
November 29, 2023
This book brings together two important fields in the study of international politics and policy: climate change adaptation and mitigation (climate action) and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Both have attracted strong scholarly attention in each of their respective research silos, but there ...
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By Philani Moyo
October 27, 2023
Using climate justice as an analytical tool, this volume examines the role of local mitigation and adaptation actions in Southern Africa in furthering climate-resilient development. Climate Action in Southern Africa examines the intrinsic connection between local climate actions, climate-resilient ...
By Jarkko Saarinen, Jennifer Fitchett, Gijsbert Hoogendoorn
September 25, 2023
This book explores the nature of climate change in southern Africa, its impacts on tourism and the resilience, adaptation and governance needs in various tourism operations and environments. Previous studies on climate change and tourism have mainly focused on the Global North and specific forms of...
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By Jens Marquardt, Laurence L. Delina, Mattijs Smits
September 25, 2023
This volume showcases the diversity of the politics and practices of climate change governance across Southeast Asia. Through a series of country-level case studies and regional perspectives, the authors in this volume explore the complexities and contested nature of climate governance in what can...
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By Neil J.W. Crawford, Kavya Michael, Michael Mikulewicz
July 30, 2023
This edited collection explores a diverse range of climate (in)justice case studies from the Majority World – where most of humans and non-humans live. It is also the site of the most severe impacts of climate change and home to some of the key solutions for the climate crisis. The collection ...
By Ian Budge
May 31, 2023
With drastic action needing to be taken now, rather than over the 30 years to 2050, this book addresses the crucial question of how to get action from governments who will always put short-term considerations (e.g. post Covid economic growth) over longer term climate priorities – unless ...