Contemporary climate change debates : a student primer /
Contemporary climate change debates
Bok · Engelsk · 2020
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| Omfang | xxvii, 251 sidor : illustrationer
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: Why and how to debate climate change / Mike Hulme -- 1. Is climate change the most important challenge of our times? / Sarah Cornell and Aarti Gupta -- PART I: What do we need to know? -- 2. Is the concept of tipping point helpful for describing and communicating possible climate futures? / Michel Crucifix and James Annan -- 3. Should individual extreme weather events be attributed to human agency? / Friederike E.L. Otto and Greg Lusk -- 4. Does climate change drive violence, conflict and human migration? / David D. Zhang and Qing Pei; Christiane Fröhlich and Tobias Ide -- 5. Can the social cost of carbon be calculated? / Reyer Gerlagh and Roweno Heijmans; Kozo Torasan Mayumi -- PART II: What should we do? -- 6. Are carbon markets the best way to address climate change? / Misato Sato and Timothy Laing; Mike Hulme -- 7. Should future investments in energy technology be limited exclusively to renewables? / Jennie C. Stephens and Gregory Nemet-- 8. Is it necessary to research solar climate engineering as a possible backstop technology? / Jane C.S. Long and Rose Cairns -- PART III: On what grounds should we base our actions? -- 9. Is emphasising consensus in climate science helpful for policymaking? / John Cook and Warren Pearce -- 10. Do rich people rather than rich countries bear the greatest responsibility for climate change? / Paul G. Harris and Kenneth Shockley -- 11. Is climate change a human rights violation? / Catriona McKinnon and Marie-Catherine Petersmann -- PART IV: Who should be the agents of change? -- 12. Does successful emissions reduction lie in the hands of non-state rather than state actors? / Liliana B. Andronova and Kim Coetzee -- 13. Is legal adjudication essential for enforcing ambitious climate change policies? / Eloise Scotford; Marjan Peeters and Ellen Vos-- 14. Does the Chinese model of environmental governance demonstrate to the world how to govern the climate? / Tianbao Qin and Meng Zhang; Lei Liu and Pu Wang -- 15. Are social media making constructive climate policymaking harder? /Mike S. Schäfer and Peter North. - Contemporary Climate Change Debates is an innovative new textbook which tackles some of the difficult questions raised by climate change. For the complex policy challenges surrounding climate migration, adaptation and resilience, structured debates become effective learning devices for students. This book is organised around 15 important questions, and is split into four parts: What do we need to know?; What should we do?; On what grounds should we base our actions?: and Who should be the agents of change? Each debate is addressed by pairs of one or two leading or emerging academics who present opposing viewpoints. Through this format the book is designed to introduce students of climate change to different arguments prompted by these questions, and also provides a unique opportunity for them to engage in critical thinking and debate amongst themselves. Each chapter concludes with suggestions for further reading and with discussion questions for use in student classes. Drawing upon the sciences, social sciences and humanities to debate these ethical, cultural, legal, social, economic, technological and political roadblocks, Contemporary Debates on Climate Change is essential reading for all students of climate change, as well as those studying environmental policy and politics and sustainable development more broadly.
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| ISBN | 1138332992. - 1138333026. - 9781138332997. - 9781138333024
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