Fairness in adaptation to climate change / / edited by W. Neil Adger [and others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452009803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006
• ISBN: 1-282-09693-1; 9786612096938; 0-262-26681-4; 1-4237-7454-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AdgerW. Neil
• Disciplina: 363.738/74
• Soggetti: Climatic changes - Political aspects; Environmental justice
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-309) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.