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

1. Front Matter

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2. Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia: An Introduction

   1. Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia: An Introduction

      • Huong Ha, Tek Nath Dhakal

      Pages 1-10

3. Issues and Impact of Climate Change in Asia

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Climate Change, Vanishing Ecosystems and the Challenge of Achieving Human Prosperity

      • Amita Singh

      Pages 13-37

   3. The Interplay between Climate Change, Economy and Displacement: Experience from Asia

      • A. K. M. Ahsan Ullah

      Pages 38-55

   4. Disaster Communication in Mitigating Climate Change in Sri Lanka: Problems and Prospects

      • R. Lalitha S. Fernando

      Pages 56-67

   5. Climate Change and global Environmental Governance: The Asian Experience

      • Gamini Herath

      Pages 68-83

4. Preconditions of Good Governance and the Role of Different Sectors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Agricultural Initiatives in Japan

      • Izumi Tsurita, S. V. R. K. Prabhakar, Daisuke Sano

      Pages 87-102

   3. 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, Reina Mashimo

      Pages 103-118

   4. Management of Climate-Induced National Security: Paradigm Shift from Geopolitics to Carbon Politics

      • Md Shafiqul Islam

      Pages 119-130

   5. Deconstructing Debate on the National Action Plan on Climate Change at the State Level: A Case Study of Meghalaya State, India

      • Ashok Kumar Singha, Suvra Majumdar, Abhik Saha, Somnath Hazra

      Pages 131-147

   6. The Role of Government and the Private Sector in Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change

      • Vinay Sharma

      Pages 148-159

5. Governance Approaches to Managing Climate Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161

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   2. Integrated Governance and Adaptation to Climate Change

      • Ken Coghill, Ramanie Samaratunge

      Pages 163-181

   3. Climate Change Governance: The Singapore Case

      • Huong Ha

      Pages 182-199

   4. Governance Framework to Mitigate Climate Change: Challenges in Urbanising India

      • Mahendra Sethi, Subhakanta Mohapatra

      Pages 200-230

   5. Unripe Fruits or Non-Raining Clouds? Climate Change Governance and the Funding Dilemma in Nepal

      • Bimal Raj Regmi, Dinanath Bhandari

      Pages 231-251

   6. Environmental Legislation and Action in Polity, Economy and Culture for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Misamis Oriental Province, the Philippines

      • Isaias S. Sealza, Huong Ha

      Pages 252-266

   7. Responses to Climate Change — Who Is Responsible? A Conclusion

      • Tek Nath Dhakal, Huong Ha

      Pages 267-272

Academics and practitioners from across Asia and beyond revisit the issues and impact of climate change in Asia. They examine the preconditions for good governance regarding climate change, and the role of state and non-state actors in climate change governance, and explore different political-legal frameworks.

• adaptation
• adaptation to climate change
• climate
• climate change
• culture
• economy
• geopolitics
• governance
• Government
• Environmental Geography

• University of Newcastle, Singapore

  Huong Ha

• Tribhuvan University, Nepal

  Tek Nath Dhakal

Amita Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India A.K.M. Ahsan Ullah, American University in Cairo, Egypt R. Lalitha S. Fernando, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka Gamini Herath, Monash University, Malaysia Izumi Tsurita, Ocean Policy Research Institute, Japan Daisuke Sano, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Thailand S.V.R.K. Prabhakar, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan Misa Aoki, Kyoto University, Japan Reina Mashimo, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan Md Shafiqul Islam, is the Executive Director of CRP, Bangladesh Ashok Kumar Singha, Xavier Institute of Management, India Suvra Majumdar, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India Abhik Saha, Independent Scholar Somnath Hazra, International Development Research Institute, Canada Vinay Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology, India Ken Coghill, Monash University, Australia Ramanie Samaratunge, Monash University, Australia Mahendra Sethi, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), IndiaSubhakanta Mohapatra, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India Bimal Raj Regmi, Flinders University, Australia Dinanath Bhandari, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Programme in Practical Action, Nepal Isaias S Sealza, Xavier University, India.

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