Climate governance in international and comparative perspective : issues and experiences in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean

• Other Authors: Haruna, Peter Fuseini (Editor), El Baradei, Laila (Editor), Van Jaarsveldt, Liza Ceciel (Editor), Benavides, Abraham D. (Editor), Stanica, Cristina M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2024]
• Series: Public administration & social equity.
• Subjects: Climatic changes > Government policy > Africa.; Climatic changes > Government policy > Latin America.; Climatic changes > Government policy > Caribbean Area.; Nature > Environmental Conservation & Protection.; Conservation of the environment.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806600755
• DOI: 10.1108/9798887306445
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 513 pages) : illustrations

"This book pulls literature together to examine the quality of climate governance based in the experience of Global South regions-Africa, Latin America, and Caribbean. While these regions are resilient, the IPCC 2022 Report indicates that the effects of climate change are crippling their thinly...

Table of Contents:

• Preface / Peter F. Haruna and Laila El Baradei
• Acknowledgments
• Part I: Introduction
• Chapter 1. Climate governance in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean / Peter F. Haruna and Cristina Stanica
• Chapter 2. Climate governance in global context / Abraham David Benavides and Liza Ceciel van Jaarsveldt
• Part II: Regional perspectives
• Chapter 3. Climate governance in the East African community / Henry Kimani Mburu and Joseph Ngunjiri Macheru
• Chapter 4. Trouble in paradise: Climate governance in the cayman islands / Genève Phillip-Durham
• Chapter 5. Forestry and evolving climate governance of costa rica and panama, 1969-2022 / Michael S. Yoder
• Chapter 6. Climate governance in the central American northern triangle: Opportunities and challenges of the public transport system / Hugo Renderos
• Part III: National perspectives
• Chapter 7. Climate governance in development perspective: A comparative study of Ghana and nicaragua / Peter F. Haruna and Hugo Renderos
• Chapter 8. Public-private-community partnerships as pathways for climate governance in zimbabwe / Brighton M. Shoniwa
• Chapter 9. Environmental vulnerability and disaster prevention: A study of local governments in Mexico / Manlio F. Castillo and Heidi J. Smith
• Chapter 10. Participatory climate change governance in enabling leadership for climate action and sustainable development in South Africa / S. A. Mthuli
• Chapter 11. Ocean health
• Part I: The concept, governance, and South African context / Thean Potgieter
• Chapter 12. Ocean health
• Part II: The South African policy experience and lessons learned in sustaining ocean life / Thean Potgieter
• Chapter 13. Climate change governance and institutional structures in egypt pre- and postcop27 / Laila El Baradei and Shaimaa Sabbah
• Chapter 14. Institutional re-structuring or institutions anew? A decision process in the republic of suriname's national climate adaptation planning / Kalim U. Shah
• Part IV: Local government perspectives
• Chapter 15. Climate governance and sea level rise: A case study of alexandria city, egypt / Laila El Baradei
• Chapter 16. Environmental effects on groundwater and urban drinking water quality by landfills leachate infiltration: A governance approach / Miriam A. García-Colindres, Luis Antonio Castillo-Suárez, Carolina Alvarez Bastida, Verónica Martínez-Miranda, Ivonne Linares-Hernández, Abraham David Benavides, Monserrat Castañeda Juárez, and Vanessa González-Hinojosa
• Chapter 17. Climate self-governance: Decentralized solar systems in Kenya's cities / Victor Ferreros, Felix O. Vescovi, Susan E. Baer, and Angela M. Mai
• Chapter 18. Climate governance: Stakeholders adapting to climate change / N. S. Matsiliza
• Chapter 19. Climate governance: An anatomy of community understanding and awareness of climate change / Redemption Chatanga and Maréve Biljohn
• Part V: Closing
• Chapter 20. Assessing the quality of climate governance: Lessons learned and the way forward / Peter F. Haruna and Abraham David Benavides. About the Editors. About the Contributors.