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Business and Climate Change Governance

South Africa in Comparative Perspective

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Tanja Börzel

    1. Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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  2. Ralph Hamann

    1. Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Part of the book series: Governance and Limited Statehood (GLS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Business Contributions to Climate Change Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood: Introduction

    • Ralph Hamann, Tanja A. Börzel
    Pages 1-30

  3. Corporate Response to Climate Change in Areas of Limited Statehood: An Outline of the Organisational Configurations in Kenya and South Africa

    • Farai Kapfudzaruwa
    Pages 31-54

  4. Climate Change Policies in the Car Industry: Asset Specificity as a Driver of Internal Innovation

    • Christian R. Thauer
    Pages 55-75

  5. Renewable Energy Incentives across Varying Levels of Statehood

    • John Fay
    Pages 76-94

  6. Voluntary Collective Commitment: The Case of Business and Energy Efficiency in South Africa

    • Christopher Kaan, Stine Klapper
    Pages 95-113

  7. Business Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation — From Coping to Transformation? Insights from South Africa and Germany

    • Nicole Kranz
    Pages 114-134

  8. Adaptation to Climate Change: An Investigation into Woolworths’ Water Management Measures

    • Nadine Methner
    Pages 135-155

  9. Insurance, Climate-Risk and the Barriers to Change

    • Tom Herbstein, Jan Froestad, Deon Nel, Clifford Shearing
    Pages 156-172

  10. Of Culture and Religion: Insurance Regulation and the Informal Economy in a South African City

    • Moliehi Shale
    Pages 173-192

  11. Business and Climate Change Governance: Conclusions

    • Tanja Börzel, Ralph Hamann, Nicole Kranz
    Pages 193-211

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 212-218
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How and why do business organisations contribute to climate change governance? The contributors' findings on South Africa, Kenya and Germany demonstrate that business contributions to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change vary significantly.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    Tanja Börzel

  • Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa

    Ralph Hamann

About the editors

Tanja A. Börzel, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town, South Africa Farai Kapfudzaruwa, University of Cape Town, South Africa Christian R. Thauer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany John Fay, University of Cape Town, South Africa Stine Klapper, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Christopher Kaan, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Nicole Kranz, German International Cooperation Nadine Methner, University of Cape Town, South Africa Tom Herbstein, University of Cape Town, South Africa Jan Froestad, University of Bergen, Norway Clifford Shearing, University of Cape Town, South Africa Deon Nel, WWF South Africa Moliehi Shale, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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