Building a Climate Resilient Economy and Society

Contents:

Foreword
Sir Robert T. Watson

1. Introduction
K.N. Ninan and Makoto Inoue

PART I VULNERABILITY, ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE
2. The environmental impact of climate change adaptation on land use and water quality
Carlo Fezzi, Amii R. Harwood, Andrew A. Lovett and Ian J. Bateman

3. Adaptive capacity contributing to improved agricultural productivity at the household level: empirical findings highlighting the importance of crop insurance
Architesh Panda, Upasna Sharma, K.N.Ninan and Anthony Patt

4. Adapting to climate change and improving urban resilience: The role of nature and biodiversity protection in cities
Konar Mutafoglu, Patrick ten Brink, Sabrina Dekker, Jamie Woollard and Jean-Pierre Schweitzer

5. Coproducing resilience through understanding vulnerability
Vivek Shandas, Anandi van Diepen, Jackson Voelkel, Meenakshi Rao

6. Climate resilience and sustainable development: challenges and options for small island developing states
Ramon Pichs-Madruga

PART II CLIMATE RESILIENCE: SECTORAL PERSPECTIVES
7. Can agriculture be climate smart?
Irina Arakelyan, Anita Wreford and Dominic Moran

8. Global warming and changes in marine ecosystem- economic consequences and adjustment issues
Clem Tisdell

9. Climate change, marine ecosystems and global fisheries
U. Rashid Sumaila, William W.L. Cheung, Philippe M. Cury and Travis Tai

10. Extreme drought and California's water economy: challenges and opportunities for building resilience
Kathleen A. Miller

11. Building urban climate resilience in Vietnam and Bangladesh
Craig Johnson, Iftekharul Haque, Yvonne Su and Kristy May

12. Renewable energy economics
David Timmons

PART III INCENTIVES, GOVERNANCE AND POLICY
13. Carbon pricing policy design and revenue management: economic models and policy practice
Lint Barrage

14. REDD+: a global multilevel forest governance for building a climate resilient society
Abrar Juhar Mohammed and Makoto Inoue

15. Democratising climate finance at local levels
Victor Orindi, Yazan Elhadi and Ced Hesse

16. Do climate policies hurt the economy? lessons from the EU experience
Carlo Carraro and Marinella Davide

Claim the sky!
Robert Costanza

Index

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• Economia ambiental
• Aquecimento global
• Impacto social dos temas ambientais

Climate resilience; Vulnerability; Adaptation; Resilience; Risks of climate change; Disaster risk reduction; Climate policies