International Climate Change Law and Policy: Cultural Legitimacy in Adaptation and Mitigation

Author: mThoko Kaime
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138666955

Published In: March 2016
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9780415832236

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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.

1. Introduction,Thoko Kaime

2. Indigenous Peoples in International Environmental Negotiations: Evidence from Biodiversity and Climate Change, Carola Betzold and Anaïd Flesken

3. The Behaviour Imperative: Unlocking The Potential Of Everyday Change To Reduce Global Carbon Emissions, Beth Savan and Zannah Matson

4. Transnational advocacy networks in international climate policy: the challenge of raising the voices of the marginalized effectively without compromising the legitimacy, Jenni Kauppila

5. Land Use Planning as a Tool of Enhancing Cultural Legitimacy on Climate Change: Case of Turkey, Mediha Burcu Sılaydın Aydın

6. Communıty-Based Forestry Management And Culture In Clımate Change Issues: Umuatulu-Umuerı Communıty, Nıgerıa Case Study, C.U. Chinweze, J. C. Beze’, G. Z. Abiola-Oloke and M. Attih

7. Cultural legitimacy and regulatory transitions for climate change: A discursive framework, Thoko Kaime

8. Strategies For Enhancing The Cultural Legitimacy Of Mitigation And Adaptation To Climate Change, Enchaw Gabriel Bachange and Ibrahim Njobji Emanu

9. Incentives and the Culture of Recycling, Pravin Jeyaraj

10. Community collaboration and the improvement of fisheries’ management and governance: the case of South Baja California, Jimena Moreno González

11. Voluntary social movements and sufficiency policies for climate change adaptation, L. Brown and C. Dalhammar

12. Conclusions, Thoko Kaime