Climate Change and Global Policy Regimes: Towards Institutional Legitimacy

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction: Global Governance and Climate Change....Pages 1-16
The Discourses of Climate Change....Pages 17-31
A Cooling Climate for Negotiations: Intergovernmentalism and Its Limits....Pages 32-47
Gender and Climate Change: Stakeholder Participation and Conceptual Currency in the Climate Negotiations Regime....Pages 48-60
Governing Adaptation Policies and Programmes....Pages 61-78
Applying an Empirical Evaluation to the Governance Legitimacy of Carbon Offset Mechanisms on the Basis of Stakeholder Perceptions....Pages 79-95
Evaluating the Clean Development Mechanism....Pages 96-110
Stakeholders in Climate Policy Instruments: What Role for Financial Institutions?....Pages 111-124
Challenges for Global Health Governance in Responding to the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health....Pages 125-137
Climate Change and Sustainable Water Management....Pages 138-156
Food Security, Food Sovereignty and Global Governance Regimes in the Context of Climate Change and Food Availability....Pages 157-172
Innovation and Global to Local Energy Governance....Pages 173-186
Climate Change, Population Movements and Governance: Case Studies in Response Mechanisms....Pages 187-201
Migration and Climate Change: Global Governance Regimes and the Incorporation of Climate Change Displacement....Pages 202-216
The ICLEI Cities for Climate Protection Programme: Local Government Networks in Urban Climate Governance....Pages 217-231
The Influence of Non-State Actors on Corporate Climate Change Disclosure....Pages 232-247
Conclusion....Pages 248-254
Back Matter....Pages 255-277