LEADER 04509nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910810238603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-54285-X 010 $a9786612617355 010 $a1-136-54286-8 010 $a1-282-61735-4 010 $a1-84977-489-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849774895 035 $a(CKB)2670000000018799 035 $a(EBL)517178 035 $a(OCoLC)609863798 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000357976 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11295965 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357976 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10358854 035 $a(PQKB)11190132 035 $a(OCoLC)659563208 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC517178 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL517178 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10392059 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL261735 035 $a(PPN)15595797X 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000018799 100 $a20090807d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aClimate change and small island states $epower, knowledge, and the South Pacific /$fJon Barnett and John Campbell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aWashington, DC $cEarthscan$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-86696-2 311 $a1-84407-494-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 The Trouble with Climate Change; Introduction; Pacific Island countries; Climate change and the Pacific Islands; About this book; 2 Environment and Development in Pacific Islands; Pacific Island environments; Early transformations: Traditional human environment systems; Colonization and environmental transformation; The post-colonial Pacific: Environment and development; Conclusions 327 $a3 The History and Architecture of Climate ScienceInitial stirrings; International research programmes; The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Big science and big pictures; Conclusions; 4 Pacific Science Initiatives; The Association of South Pacific Environmental Institutions initiative; Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme initiatives; START-Oceania (including APN and AIACC); Lacunae; Conclusions; 5 The Architecture of Climate Change Policy; The emergence of climate change as a global policy issue; The UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol 327 $aThe Global Environmental FacilityThe Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS); The Pacific Islands Forum; Australia and New Zealand; Conclusions; 6 Doing Climate Change in the Pacific; An overview of projects and programmes; Regional responses; Projects funded bilaterally; Projects implemented by NGOs; Conclusions; 7 Investing in Uncertainty and Vulnerability; The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring project; The Environmental Vulnerability Index project; Conclusions; 8 Discourses of Danger; Insularity: Smallness and isolation; What is vulnerability?; Island vulnerability 327 $aTitanic statesClimate refugees; Conclusions; 9 Conclusions; Three themes; To the future; References; Index 330 $aSmall Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause c?l?bre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow.This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scie 606 $aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy$zOceania 606 $aHuman ecology$zOceania 607 $aOceania$xClimate 615 0$aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy 615 0$aHuman ecology 676 $a363.738/74560995 676 $a363.73874560995 700 $aBarnett$b Jon$f1971-$01721112 701 $aCampbell$b John$0291526 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810238603321 996 $aClimate change and small island states$94120339 997 $aUNINA