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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484766903321

Titolo

Ireland and the Climate Crisis / / edited by David Robbins, Diarmuid Torney, Pat Brereton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-47587-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXV, 311 p. 7 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication, , 2634-646X

Disciplina

551.69415

301

Soggetti

Communication in the environmental sciences

Communication

Climatology

Environment

Ethnology - Europe

Culture

Environmental Communication

Media and Communication

Climate Sciences

Environmental Sciences

European Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Climate change in Ireland: Science, Impacts and Adaptation -- 3. Ireland’s Policy Response to Climate Change: an Historical Overview -- 4. Climate Litigation, Politics and Policy Change: Lessons from Urgenda and Climate Case Ireland -- 5. Climate Law in Ireland: EU and National Dimensions -- 6. The Party Politics of Climate Change in Ireland -- 7. Responding to Climate Change: the Role of Local Government in Ireland -- 8. Ecological Modernisation, Irish-style: Explaining Ireland’s Slow Transition to a Low Carbon Society -- 9. Challenges and potentials for socio-ecological transformation: Considering Structural Aspects of Change -- 10. Climate Change and



the Media -- 11. Cultural and Visual Responses to Climate Change: Ecological Reading of Irish Zombie Movies.-12. Community Engagement and Community Energy -- 13. Climate Change Education in Ireland: Emerging Practice in a Context of Resistance -- 14. Climate Action via Just Transition Across the Island of Ireland: Labour, Land and the Low Carbon Transition -- 15. The Changing Faces of the Climate Movement in Ireland -- 16. Cloughjordan Ecovillage: Community-led transitioning to a low-carbon future.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Ireland’s response to the climate crisis. The contributions, written by leading scholars across a range of disciplines in the social sciences, humanities and beyond, shed light on diverse aspects of the climate crisis, the factors shaping Ireland’s response, and prospects for the future. Long regarded as a ‘climate laggard’, Ireland’s response to the urgent societal challenge of climate change has seen new momentum in recent times. The volume will serve as a key reference point for academics, students, policymakers, and a wide range of stakeholders. It will be of interest to readers within Ireland, as well as further afield, who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the constraints on, and opportunities for, successful climate action in Ireland.