Adaptive Governance and Climate Change

• Main Authors: Brunner, Ronald D. (Author), Lynch, Amanda H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : American Meteorological Society : Imprint: American Meteorological Society, 2010.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Physical geography.; Environmental management.; Earth Sciences.; Earth System Sciences.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Environmental Management.

As greenhouse gas emissions and temperatures at the poles continue to rise, so do damages from extreme weather events affecting countless lives. Meanwhile, ambitious international efforts to cut emissions (Kyoto, Copenhagen) have proved to be politically ineffective or infeasible. There is hope, how...

Table of Contents:

• Clarifying the Problem
• The Regime Evolves
• Barrow as Microcosm
• Opening the Regime
• Reframing the Context.