Transformative climates and accountable governance / Beth Edmondson, Stuart Levy, editors

Includes bibliographical references and index

Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction to Transformative Climates and Accountable Governance; References; 2 The Limits of States and Changing Regulatory Frameworks-Section One; References; 3 Order and Accountability in Governing Transforming Environments; 1 Introduction; 2 Climate-Driven Environmental Transformations; 3 Adaptation Strategies; 4 Emerging Frameworks for Global Responses to Climate Change; 5 Accountability and Orderly Responses; 6 Order in a Transforming Natural Environment; 7 Conclusion-The End of the Beginning

2 Lone Pine Resources Inc. v. The Government of Canada3 TransCanada v. The Government of the USA; 4 NAFTA 2.0; 5 TPP-11; 6 Conclusion; References; 6 The Public's Perception of International Climate Leadership: Insights from the European Union; 1 Introduction; 2 The EU's Legislative Activities Regarding Climate Change; 3 Conceptual Framework and Hypotheses; 4 Clarifications on Data and Measurement; 5 Presentation and Discussion of the Findings; 5.1 Analysis at the Country Level; 5.2 Analysis at the Individual Level; 6 Conclusion; References

7 Selected Studies in Economic and Environmental Accountabilities-Section TwoReferences; 8 Allocating the Burdens of Climate Action: Consumption-Based Carbon Accounting and the Polluter-Pays Principle; 1 Introduction; 2 The Polluter-Pays Principle; 3 The Case for, and Problems with, a Backward-Looking PPP; 3.1 Disappearing Perpetrators; 3.2 Excusable Ignorance; 3.3 Modifying the Principle; 4 A Revised, Present-Oriented PPP; 4.1 Fairness; 4.2 Environmental Efficacy; 4.3 Cost-Effectiveness; 4.4 Additional Considerations; 4.5 Summary; 5 Objections

5.1 Unfair to the Global Poor (i): The CPP Does not Secure 'just Entitlements' to Emit5.2 Unfair to the Global Poor (ii): The CPP Is Not Poverty Sensitive; 5.3 Incomplete (i): The CPP Cannot Ground Duties to Enhance Carbon Sinks; 5.4 Incomplete (ii): The CPP Cannot Allocate Burdens Without Human Pollution; 5.4.1 Anthropogenic and Non-anthropogenic Climate Change; 5.4.2 Climate Change Without Polluters; 6 Conclusion; References; 9 Comparison of Human and Non-human Migration Governance Under Climate Change; 1 Introduction; 2 Migration as Adaptation Strategy; 2.1 Migration

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"Transformative and Accountable Climate Governance describes the paradigmatic influences and frameworks within which transformations and transitions in light of a warming earth will occur. The book thereby pursues a multi-disciplinary angle and offers an impressive interdisciplinary approach with truly international outlook. In its entirety, the book is therefore of direct relevance for academia, practitioners and public policy specialists around the globe."--Julia M. Puaschunder, Prize Fellow at the Inter-University Consortium of New York, USA This book explores the real-world consequences changing ideas and strategies have on effective climate governance. Its main focus is on why accountability matters - both for transformations and transitions in international climate change governance and how international support for environmentally responsible actions, and extending shared accountabilities, might strengthen climate governance globally. A main point of discussion is if and how better understanding of accountabilities and transformations in ecosystems dynamics, the capacities of organisms to adapt, migrate or otherwise respond to environmental or climatic changes, can improve climate governance mechanisms. Bringing together a diverse set of considerations from various fields of study, chapters examine responses to environmental transformations that occur during periods of climatic crisis, such as species depletion, industrialisation, de-industrialisation or urbanisation. Throughout, this book aims to further readers understanding of if or how accountable climate governance can reduce the risks of global political disorder and widespread conflict in the 21st century, arising from environmental transformations of depleted forests, re-routed waterways, coastlines impacted by sea level rises, changed rainfall patterns and industrial practices. Beth Edmondson is a senior lecturer in the School of Arts at Federation University Australia. Her research focuses on international responses to global climate change, the possibilities for order in the international political system, the nature of sovereignty and the scope of international law in constructing governmental capacities. Stuart Levy is a senior lecturer in the School of Education at Federation University Australia. His interests in international relations include the nature and evolution of state sovereignty and the politics of global climate change.-- Provided by publisher