Fairness in adaptation to climate change / edited by W. Neil Adger ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adger, W. Neil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Political aspects.

Climatic changes.

Environmental justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Interdisciplinary scientific and policy analysis on the challenges of ensuring that adaptation to global climate change does not place unfair burdens on already vulnerable populations.

Contents:

Foreword; Preface; Contributors; 1 Toward Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change; I Politics, Science, and Law in Justice Debates; 2 Dangers and Thresholds in Climate Change and the Implications for Justice; 3 Adaptation under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: The International Legal Framework; II Aspects of Fairness in Adaptation; 4 Exploring the Social Justice Implications of Adaptation and Vulnerability; 5 Is It Appropriate to Identify Winners and Losers?; 6 Climate Change, Insecurity, and Injustice; 7 Adaptation: Who Pays Whom?

8 A Welfare Theoretic Analysis of Climate Change InequitiesIII Fairness in Adaptation Responses; 9 Equity in National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs): The Case of Bangladesh; 10 Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change in Tanzania; 11 Adaptation and Equity in Resource Dependent Societies; 12 Extreme Weather and Burden Sharing in Hungary; IV Conclusions; 13 Multifaceted Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-309) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-09693-1

9786612096938

0-262-26681-4

1-4237-7454-X

OCLC:

69661631