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Climate Change as Environmental and Economic Hazard (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,592
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Climate Change as Environmental and Economic Hazard (Paperback): Boris Porfiriev

Climate Change as Environmental and Economic Hazard (Paperback)

Boris Porfiriev

Series: Environmental Hazards Series

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The current policy for climate change prioritises mitigation over adaptation. The collected papers of Climate Change as Environmental and Economic Hazard argue that although efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are still vital, the new policy paradigm should shift the priority to adaptation, with a special focus on disaster risk reduction. It should also consider climate change not purely as a hazard and a challenge, but as a window of opportunity to shift to a new sustainable development policy model, which stresses the particular importance of communities' resilience. The papers in this volume explore the key issues linked to this shift, including: ' Increasing research into the Earth Sciences, climate reconstruction and forecasting in order to decrease the degree of uncertainty about the origin, development and implications of climate change; ' The introduction of more binding and comprehensive regulation of both greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation measures, like that in the United Kingdom; ' Matching climate policy with that for disasters and mainstreaming it into overall development strategies. The volume is a valuable addition to previous climate change research and considers a new policy approach to this new global challenge.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Environmental Hazards Series
Release date: June 2016
First published: 2010
Editors: Boris Porfiriev
Dimensions: 267 x 194mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-97092-2
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General
Books > Law > International law > Public international law > General
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming
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LSN: 1-138-97092-1
Barcode: 9781138970922

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