Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia

by Huong Ha (Editor)

1. Governance Approaches for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change in An Introduction; Huong Ha and Tek Nath Dhakal PART ISSUES AND IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN ASIA 2. Climate Change, Vanishing Ecosystems and the Challenge of Achieving Human Prosperity; Amita Singh 3. The Interplay between Climate Change, Economy and Experience from Asia; A.K.M. Ahsan Ullah 4. Disaster Communication in Mitigating Climate Change in Sri Problems and Prospects; R. Lalitha S. Fernando 5. Climate Change and Global Environmental The Asian Experience; Gamini Herath PART PRECONDITIONS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT SECTORS 6. Approaches for Climate Change A Case Study of Agriculture Initiatives in Japan;Izumi Tsurita, S.V.R.K. Prabhakar and Daisuke Sano 7. How Adaptive Policies are in Japan and Can Adaptive Policies Mean Effective Policies?: Some Implications for Governing Climate Change Adaptation; S.V.R.K. Prabhakar, Misa Aoki and Reina Mashimo 8. Management of Climate Induced National Paradigm Shift from Geopolitics to Carbon Politics; Md Shafiqul Islam 9. Deconstructing Debate on National Action Plan on Climate Change at the State A Case Study of Meghalaya State, India; Ashok Kumar Singha, Suvra Majumdar, Abhik Saha and Somnath Hazra 10. The Role of Government and the Private Sector in Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change; Vinay Sharma PART GOVERNANCE APPROACHES FOR MANAGING CLIMATE CHANGE 11. Integrated Governance and Adaptation to Climate Change; Ken Coghill and Ramanie Samaratunge 12. Climate Change Singapore Case; Huong Ha 13. Governance Framework to Mitigate Climate Challenges in Urbanising India; Mahendra Sethi and Subhakanta Mohapatra 14. Unripe Fruits or Non-Raining Clouds?: Climate Change Governance and Funding Dilemma in Nepal; Bimal Raj Regmi and Dinanath Bhandari 15. Environmental Legislations and Actions in Polity, Economy and Culture for Climate Change A Case Study of Misamis Oriental Province, the Philippines; Isaias S. Sealza and Huong Ha 16. Responses to Climate Change - Who is Responsible?: A Conclusion; Tek Nath Dhakal and Huong Ha

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013