The Economic, Social and Political Elements of Climate Change

1. Adaptive Capacities of European City Regions in Climate Change: On the Importance of Governance Innovations for Regional Climate Policies
Sybille Bauriedl

2. An Assessment of Climate-Induced Conflict Risks Over Shared Water Resources in Africa
Samir A. Algamal

3. Indigenous Communities and Climate Change Policy: An Inclusive Approach
Vinita Krishna

4. Mitigating Climate Change Via Clean Energy Financing: An Assessment of the Asian Development Bank’s Mitigation Efforts in Southeast Asia
Laurence L. Delina

5. Nikan oti (the future): Adaptation and Adaptive Capacity in Two First Nations Communities
Willie Ermine, Jeremy Pittman

6. Mitigation of the Earth’s Economy: A Viable Strategy for Insurance Systems
Liam Phelan, Ann Henderson-Sellers, Ros Taplin

7. Contribution of Urban Agriculture to Food Security, Biodiversity Conservation and Reducing Agricultural Carbon Footprint
Neeraja Havaligi

8. Temporal Metaphor in Abrupt Climate Change Communication: An Initial Effort at Clarification
Chris Russill

9. The Increase of Global Temperature as a Result of the Greenhouse Effect: Assessing the Reasons for Disagreement Among Scientists
Stilianos A. Tampakis, Vasileios E. Pantazis, Evangelos I. Manolas

10. The Social Dilemma of Climate Change: Socio-economic Implications
Martin Beckenkamp

11. Towards a Psychology of Climate Change
Christian A. Kloeckner

12. Worldviews and Climate Change: Harnessing Universal Motivators to Enable an Effective Response
Judith Ford

13. Analysis of Green Investment Scheme for Energy Efficiency Measures in Latvia
Andra Blumberga, Gatis Zogla, Marika Rosa, Dagnija Blumberga

14. Carbon Credit Currency for the Future
Neeraj Singhal, Himani Gupta

15. Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Vietnam
Nguyen Viet

16. Climate Change and Economic Uncertainty in the Wine Sector: A Case Study of the Maule Region, Chile
Monica Hadarits

17. Critical Parameters for Mass-Cargo Affine Industries Due to Climate Change in Germany: Impacts of Low Water Events on Industry and Possible Adaptation Measures
Anja Scholten, Benno Rothstein, Roland Baumhauer

18. Financing Adaptation: For Whom, By Whom, and How
Nazmul Huq

19. GIS-Based Flood Risk Management for Thermal Power Plants in Germany
Jeannette Schulz

20. Release of Carbon Dioxide by Terrestrial Ecosystems Over Indonesia During the 1997–1998 ENSO Warm Event
Pavel Propastin

21. The Potential of Major Hydro and Wind Energy Projects for Seeking Carbon Credits Under the Clean Development Mechanism and Voluntary Markets
Nitin Chaudhary, Shubhangi Lamba

22. An Assessment of Adaptation Strategies in the Baltic Sea Region: A Two-Country Analysis
Hye R. Yoon, Fernanda Rivas, Walter Leal Filho

23. Climate Change and Protected Areas in Bolivia
Dirk Hoffmann, Imke Oetting

24. Climate Change Policies and Issues: A Tool for Increased Wood Production in Developing Countries
Abiodun Oluwafemi Oluwadare

25. Climate Policy Integration in the EU
Claire Dupont

26. Exploring Economic and Political Drivers for the Introduction of Innovative Mitigation Policies
Valentino Piana

27. How to Achieve Global-Scale Climate Change Mitigation? An Integrative Global Policy Framework Beyond Kyoto
Vicente Rappaccioli-Navas

28. ITU: Moving Towards a Global Policy Framework on ICTs and Climate Change
Catherine Candano

29. Managing the Ecological and Social Ambivalences of Bioenergy: Sustainability Criteria Versus Extended Carbon Markets
Felix Ekardt, Hartwig Bredow

30. Normative Principles for Adaptation to Climate Change Policy Design and Governance
Ieva Bruneniece, Maris Klavins

31. Accurate Estimation of CO2 Background Level from Near Ground Measurements at Non-Mixed Environments
Francis Massen, Ernst-Georg Beck

32. Adaptation to Climate Change: Challenges for Transboundary Water Management
Jos G. Timmerman, Sonja Koeppel, Francesca Bernardini, Joost J. Buntsma

33. Carbon, Conservation, Communities Under Sustainability (C3S) Paradigm for Forests
Pallavi Pant

34. Changing Climate Change Communication
A. Henderson-Sellers

35. Climate Change along Italian Coasts: Consciousness for Actions
Edi Valpreda

36. Climate Change Impacts on East Africa
Muawya Ahmed Hussein

37. “CO

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Causes a Hole in the Atmosphere”: Using Laypeople’s Conceptions as a Starting Point to Communicate Climate Change
Kai Niebert, Harald Gropengießer

38. Integrating Environmental, Sociopolitical, Economic, and Technological Dimensions for the Assessment of Climate Policy Instruments
Stelios Grafakos, Alexandros Flamos, Vlasis Oikonomou, Dimitrios Zevgolis

39. Mitigating the Climate Impact of Aviation: What Does Hydrogen Hold in Prospect?
Kolja Seeckt, Philip Krammer, Malte Schwarze, Dieter Scholz

40. Opportunities and Constraints for Climate Adaptation in Regional Water and Land Use Planning
Saskia E. Werners, Jennifer West, Rik Leemans, J. David Tàbara, Xingang Dai, Zsuzsanna Flachner, Francesc Cots, Henry Neufeldt, Darryn McEvoy, Giacomo Trombi

41. Path to the Future for Climate Change Education: University Project Approach
Maruf Sanni, James O. Adejuwon, Idowu Ologeh, William O. Siyanbola

42. Predicted Impact of Climate Change on Coffee Supply Chains
Peter Laderach, Mark Lundy, Andy Jarvis, Julian Ramirez, Emiliano Perez Portilla, Kathleen Schepp, Anton Eitzinger

43. Preparing Communities for the Impacts of Climate Change in Oregon, USA
Bob Doppelt, Roger Hamilton, Stacy Vynne

44. Prioritizing Climatic Change Adaptation Investment at Local Government Levels
Supriya Mathew, Ann Henderson-Sellers, Ros Taplin

45. Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change and Global Market Developments
Franziska Mannke, Kathrin Rath

46. Social, Economic, and Political Aspects of Climate Change
Anandi Sharan

47. The IPY Legacy: Better Awareness of International Cooperation as the Basis for Increasing Arctic Navigation
Danilo Comba

48. The Role of Climate Change in the Darfur Crisis
Salah Hakim

49. Virtual Ocean Acidification Laboratory as an Efficient Educational Tool to Address Climate Change Issues
Géraldine Fauville, Jason Hodin, Sam Dupont, Pam Miller, Julie Haws, Michael Thorndyke, David Epel

50. “Pace of Change”: Climate Change and the Empowerment of Local Communities
Lia Carol Sieghart, Delfin Ganapin

Keywords: Economics/Management Science, Environmental Economics, Sustainable Development, Climate Change