Climate change is a cause for concern both globally and locally. In order for it to be tackled holistically, its governance is an important topic needing scientific and practical consideration. Climate change governance is an emerging area, and one which is closely related to state and public administrative systems and the behaviour of private actors, including the business sector, as well as the civil society and non-governmental organisations. Questions of climate change governance deal both with mitigation and adaptation whilst at the same time trying to devise effective ways of managing the consequences of these measures across the different sectors. Many books have been produced on general matters related to climate change, such as climate modelling, temperature variations, sea level rise, but, to date, very few publications have addressed the political, economic and social elements of climate change and their links with governance. This book will address this gap. Furthermore,a particular feature of this book is that it not only presents different perspectives on climate change governance, but it also introduces theoretical approaches and brings these together with practical examples which show how main principles may be implemented in practice.

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Autorentext
Jörg Knieling leitet das Fachgebiet Stadtplanung und Regionalentwicklung der HafenCity Universität Hamburg und ist Gesellschafter von KoRiS Kommunikative Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung, Hannover. Seine Forschungsinteressen sind Leitbilder und Strategien nachhaltiger Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung, Klimawandel und Raumentwicklung sowie entsprechende Governanceformen. Er war Mitglied des Sprechergremiums von KLIMZUG NORD.

Inhalt
Part 1 - Theoretical and Conceptual Framing of Climate Change Governance.- Part2 - Case Studies I : Policy-related and Governmental Approaches.- Part 3 - Case Studies II: Business-related and Technical Approaches.