Small Island Developing States: Vulnerability and Resilience Under Climate Change (1st ed. 2021) (The World of Small States #9)

Synopsis

This book explores how vulnerable and resilient communities from SIDS are affected by climate change; proposes and, where possible, evaluates adaptation activities; identifies factors capable of enhancing or inhibiting SIDS people’s long-term ability to deal with climate change; and critiques the discourses, vocabularies, and constructions around SIDS dealing with climate change. The contributions, written by well-established scholars, as well as emerging authors and practitioners, in the field, include conceptual papers, coherent methodological approaches, and case studies from the communities based in the Caribbean Sea and the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. In their introduction, the editors contextualise the book within the current literature. They emphasise the importance of stronger links between climate change science and policy in SIDS, both to increase effectiveness of policy and also boost scholarly enquiry in the context of whose communities are often excluded by mainstream research. This book is timely and appropriate, given the recent commission by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of a Special Report that aims at addressing vulnerabilities, “especially in islands and coastal areas, as well as the adaptation and policy development opportunities” following the Paris Agreement. Coupled with this, there is also the need to support the policy community with further scientific evidence on climate change–related issues in SIDS, accompanying the first years of implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783030827748

Related ISBNs:

9783030827731

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

11/26/21

Copyrighted By:

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Leonard Nurse

Edited by:

Catherine Iorns

Edited by:

Ilan Kelman

Edited by:

Hilary Bambrick

Edited by:

Lino Briguglio

Edited by:

Stefano Moncada