Institutional rules in action : a multi-level analysis of Costa Rica's payments for environmental services programme / Thoko Kaime. Cultural legitimacy of mitigation and adaption to climate change : an analytical framework / Olanrewaju Fagbohun -- Cultural legitimacy and regulatory transitions for climate change : a discursive framework / Thoko Kaime -- Climate change action "got 'tween the lawful sheets" / Kirk W. Junker -- Indigenous peoples in international environmental negotiations : evidence from biodiversity and climate change / Carola Betzold and Anaìˆd Flesken -- Voluntary social movements and sufficiency policies for climate change adpation / Lucy Brown and Carl Dalhammar -- The behaviour imperative : unlocking the potential of everyday change to reduce global carbon emissions / Beth Savan and Zannah Matson -- Perceptions of climate risk in the South Saskatchewan River Basin (SSRB), Canada and impacts on climate policy choice / Margot A. Hurlbert -- Transnational advocacy networks in international climate policy : the challenge of raising the voices of the marginalized effectively without compromising the legitimacy / Jenni Kauppila -- Incentives and the culture of recylcing / Pravin Jeyaraj -- Institutional rules in action : a multi-level analysis of Costa Rica's payments for environmental services programme / Melissa Bollman and Scott D. Hardy -- Conclusion / Thoko Kaime.
Summary:
"Climate change poses fundamental and varied challenges to all communities across the globe. The adaptation and mitigation strategies proposed by governments and non-governmental organisations are likely to require radical and fundamental shifts in socio-political structures, technological and economic systems, organisational forms, and modes of regulation. The sheer volume of law and policy emanating from the international level makes it uncertain which type of regulatory or policy framework is likely to have a positive impact. The success or failure of proposed measures will depend on their acceptability within the local constituencies within which they are sought to be applied. Therefore there is an urgent need to better comprehend and theorise the role of cultural legitimacy in the choice and effectiveness of international legal and policy interventions aimed at tackling the impact of climate change. The book brings together experts to present perspectives from different disciplines on the issue of international climate change law and policy. Beginning from the premise that legitimacy critiques of international climate change regulation have the capacity to positively influence policy trends and legal choices, the book showcases innovative ideas from across the disciplines and investigate the link between the efficacy of international legal and policy mechanisms on climate change and cultural legitimacy. The book includes chapters on with a theoretical basis as well as specific case-studies from around the globe. The topics covered include: land use planning as a tool of enhancing cultural legitimacy, indigenous peoples in international environmental negotiations, transnational advocacy networks, community-based forestry management and culture and voluntary social movements"-- Provided by publisher. "Climate change poses fundamental and varied challenges to all communities internationally. Adaptation and mitigation strategies proposed by governments and non-governmental organisations often require radical shifts in socio-political structures, technological and economic systems, organisational forms, and modes of regulation. The success of these proposed measures hinges on their acceptability within their local constituencies, which underlines the importance of better comprehending the role of cultural legitimacy in the choice of international interventions aimed at tackling the impact of climate change. This book brings together expert perspectives from different disciplines on the issue of international climate change law and policy. Each discussion explores the premise that critiques of the legitimacy of international climate change regulation have the capacity to positively influence policy trends and legal choices. Chapters range from theoretical evaluations to specific case-studies, and include such topics as land use planning, indigenous peoples in international environmental negotiations, transnational advocacy networks, and community-based forestry management. The book will be of great interest to students and researchers of environmental law, international law and environmental studies"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Routledge research in international environmental law
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