Climate change and cultural transition in Europe / / edited by Claus Leggewie, Franz Mauelshagen

• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 414 pages)
• Disciplina: 304.25094
• Soggetto topico: Climate change mitigation - Social aspects - Europe; Climate change mitigation - Europe
• Altri autori: LeggewieClaus <1950-> MauelshagenFranz <1967->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Introduction—Tracing and Replacing Europe’s Carbon Culture / Claus Leggewie and Franz Mauelshagen -- 1 Complexion and Climate: An Attempt at an Outline of Weather Outlooks in Europe from the Beginnings until Today / Jörn Sieglerschmidt -- 2 Theological Perspectives in the Ethical Debate about Climate Change / Markus Vogt -- 3 Long- and Short-Term Central European Climate Development in the Context of Vulnerability, Food Security, and Emigration / Rüdiger Glaser , Dirk Riemann , Steffen Vogt and Iso Himmelsbach -- 4 History and Climate: The Crisis of the 1590s Reconsidered / Geoffrey Parker -- 5 The “Black Swan” of 1540: Aspects of a European Megadrought / Christian Pfister -- 6 The Birth of Climate History / Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie -- 7 EU Climate Leadership? Europe’s Role in Global Climate Negotiations / Clara Brandi -- 8 Energy Transition in Germany: Sonderweg or Role Model? / Claudia Kemfert -- 9 Changing Climates, Changing Spaces, Changing Times: Adaptation and Conflict on the West Frisian Island of Ameland / Lea Schmitt -- 10 The Age of Uncertainty: The Challenges of Climate Change for the Insurance Business / Franz Mauelshagen -- 11 Climate Change and Future Pasts: Preliminary Considerations on a Historiography of the Future / Claus Leggewie -- Bibliography / Claus Leggewie and Franz Mauelshagen -- Index / Claus Leggewie and Franz Mauelshagen.
• Sommario/riassunto: Climate Change and Cultural Transition in Europe is an account of Europe’s share in the making of global warming, which considers the past and future of climate-society interactions. Contributors include: Clara Brandi, Rüdiger Glaser, Iso Himmelsbach, Claudia Kemfert, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Claus Leggewie, Franz Mauelshagen, Geoffrey Parker, Christian Pfister, Dirk Riemann, Lea Schmitt, Jörn Sieglerschmidt, Markus Vogt, and Steffen Vogt.
• Titolo autorizzato: Climate change and cultural transition in Europe
• ISBN: 90-04-35682-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910796895203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Climate and Culture ; 4.