Climate change vulnerabilityGreenhouse gas emissionsThis article provides a brief review of some of the policy issues facing the Asian region with respect to climate change and its economic consequences. The environmental consequences of Asia's economic rise threaten the future growth of the region. ...
Climate Change Policy: Facts, Issues and Analysis, by Catrinus J. Jepma and Mohan Munasinghe, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, UK; New York, US; Melbourne, Australia), 1998, 349 pp., hardback: $74.95 (ISBN 0-521-59314-x), paperback: $29.95 (ISBN 0-521-59688-2)....
The purpose of this chapter is to introduce readers to the main environmental, technical and economic debates influencing the politics of climate policy in the countries discussed in this book. The chapter begins by discussing the problem of climate change and its institutional background. This is ...
This book represents a much needed synopsis of climate change and its real impacts on society. It will be an essential text for climate change researchers, policy analysts, university students studying the environment, and anyone with an interest in climate change issues. A digestible version of ...
Furthermore, the international climate policy discourse explains three human mobility outcomes in the context of climate change: migration, displacement, and planned relocation8. Here migration refers to the voluntary movement of the people; contrary to this, displacement is termed as the forced ...
In this context, we ask: How has the Swiss policy discourse around climate change mitigation developed over the last two decades? Who and what were the key actors, issues and coalitions involved? To answer these questions, we combine an in-depth analysis of the policy discourse for three sele...
Climate change is a challenge for all of humanity. The sustainable development of the Chinese nation and the future of the planet depend on tackling it successfully. 中国高度重视应对气候变化。作为世界上最大的发展中国家,...
We believe a strong climate strategy across government, business and civil society will help everyone manage the physical and transition risks associated with climate change, contributing to the resilience of our business and the communities we serve. We advocate for climate policy through engagement of...
Media coverage and public opinion around climate change also present obstacles to robust climate policy in the case where public concern is low (Bromley-Trujillo and Poe2020; Bromley-Trujillo et al.2019) and when media coverage frequency and content fail to raise the issues’ salience (Boykoff et...
, publishing high quality research and analysis on all aspects of climate change policy, including adaptation and mitigation, governance and negotiations, policy design, implementation and impact, and the full range of economic, social and political issues at stake in responding to climate change. ...