Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
Teaching Climate Change in the United States
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph Henderson, Andrea Drewes
April 07, 2020
This book highlights best practices in climate change education through the analysis of a rich collection of case studies that showcase educational programs across the United States. Framed against the political backdrop of a country in which climate change denial presents a significant threat to ...
A Critical Approach to Climate Change Adaptation: Discourses, Policies and Practices
1st Edition
Edited
By Silja Klepp, Libertad Chavez-Rodriguez
March 04, 2020
This edited volume brings together critical research on climate change adaptation discourses, policies, and practices from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Drawing on examples from countries including Colombia, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Russia, Tanzania, Indonesia, and the Pacific Islands, the ...
Climate Change, Moral Panics and Civilization
1st Edition
By Amanda Rohloff, André Saramago
March 04, 2020
In recent years, interest in climate change has rapidly increased in the social sciences and yet there is still relatively little published material in the field that seeks to understand the development of climate change as a perceived social problem. This book contributes to filling this gap by ...
Climate Justice and the Economy: Social mobilization, knowledge and the political
1st Edition
Edited
By Stefan Gaarsmand Jacobsen
March 04, 2020
As climate change has increasingly become the main focus of environmentalist activism since the late 1990s, the global economic drivers of CO2 emissions are now a major concern for radical greens. In turn, the emphasis on connected crises in both natural and social systems has attracted more ...
Contemplating Climate Change: Mental Models and Human Reasoning
1st Edition
By Stephen M. Dark
March 04, 2020
Global climate change policy has failed us all, but what is the reasoning that underlies this failure? Why are some people more disposed to reflect on confounding issues like climate change, recognise the danger, seek a solution, and act accordingly, more than others? This book is concerned with ...
EU Climate Diplomacy: Politics, Law and Negotiations
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephen Minas, Vassilis Ntousas
October 02, 2019
The European Union has long played a leadership role in the global response to climate change, including the development and dissemination of climate-friendly technologies such as renewable energy. EU diplomacy has been a vital contributor to the development of international cooperation on climate ...
The Global Climate Regime and Transitional Justice
1st Edition
By Sonja Klinsky, Jasmina Brankovic
October 02, 2019
Geopolitical changes combined with the increasing urgency of ambitious climate action have re-opened debates about justice and international climate policy. Mechanisms and insights from transitional justice have been used in over thirty countries across a range of conflicts at the interface of ...
Local Activism for Global Climate Justice: The Great Lakes Watershed
1st Edition
Edited
By Patricia E. Perkins
September 18, 2019
This book will inspire and spark grassroots action to address the inequitable impacts of climate change, by showing how this can be tackled and the many benefits of doing so. With contributions from climate activists and engaged young authors, this volume explores the many ways in which people are...
Pricing Carbon in Australia: Contestation, the State and Market Failure
1st Edition
By Rebecca Pearse
July 29, 2019
In the mid-2000s it seemed that the global carbon market would take off and spark the worldwide transition to a profitable low carbon economy. A decade on, the experiment in carbon trading is failing. Carbon market schemes have been plagued by problems and resistance to carbon pricing has come from...
Globalising the Climate: COP21 and the climatisation of global debates
1st Edition
Edited
By Patrick Harries, Jean Foyer, Edouard Morena
June 07, 2019
Frequently presented as a historic last chance to set the world on a course to prevent catastrophic climate change, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the Climate convention (COP21) was a global summit of exceptional proportions. Bringing together negotiators, scientists, journalists and ...
Local Action on Climate Change: Opportunities and Constraints
1st Edition
Edited
By Susie Moloney, Hartmut Fünfgeld, Mikael Granberg
June 06, 2019
There is growing interest in analysing the role and effectiveness of the local scale in responding to the global challenge of climate change. However, while accounts of urban climate change governance are growing, there is now a real need for further conceptual and empirical work to better ...
Communication Strategies for Engaging Climate Skeptics: Religion and the Environment
1st Edition
By Emma Bloomfield
May 28, 2019
Communication Strategies for Engaging Climate Skeptics examines the intersection of climate skepticism and Christianity and proposes strategies for engaging climate skeptics in productive conversations. Despite the scientifically established threats of climate change, there remains a segment of the...