Community Governance and Citizen-Driven Initiatives in Climate Change Mitigation (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Hoff, Jens; Gausset, Quentin

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

One of the most heartening developments in climate change mitigation in recent years has been the increasing attention paid to the principle of 'thinking globally and acting locally'. The failure of the international community to reach significant global agreements on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions has led local governments, environmental organisations and citizens themselves to focus increasingly on the local possibilities for action on climate change.

This book analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the co-production of climate policies that take place where citizen engagement and local initiatives converge with public agencies. Case studies from Northern Europe, Australia/New Zealand and the USA reveal that traditional individualist approaches to promoting environmental behaviour epitomised by information campaigns and economic incentives cannot trigger the deep behavioural changes required to materially improve our response to climate change. Only by marshalling the forces of thousands, and eventually millions of citizens, can we manage to reach environmental sceptics, reinforce political action and create the new social norms that are sorely needed in our local, and global, response to climate change.

This book will be of great relevance to scholars and policy makers with an interest in climate change politics and governance, community engagement and sustainable development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317458425
• Artikelnr.: 43677827

Autorenporträt

Jens Hoff is Professor in National and International Governance and Public Policy at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Quentin Gausset is a Lecturer at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Community Governance and Citizen-Driven Initiatives in Climate Change
Mitigation: An Introduction 2. The Conundrum of Calculating Carbon
Footprints 3. 'Think Globally, Act Locally' - Climate Change Mitigation and
Citizen Participation 4. On the Materialisation of Participation in a
Municipality Near You 5. Environmental Choices: Hypocrisy,
Self-Contradictions and the Tyranny of Everyday Life 6. Energy Renovation
Models in Private Households in Denmark 7. Climate Ambassador Programmes in
Municipalities: Encouraging climate change mitigation in public
administrations and institutions 8. A local energy transition success story
9.Incorporating Climate Change Mitigation Programmes in Local
Administration: The Case of the CCP Programmes in Australia and New Zealand
10. 'A Change of Just a Few Degrees': The possibilities and challenges of
local American climate mitigation 11. How Many Thick Television Sets Can
There Be in the World? Recycling workers and customers reflect on changing
roles, recycling routines and resource flows 12. Klimafesten: A Case Study
of a Municipality's Intervention to Engage Citizens in Environmentally
Sustainable Actions 13. Computer Games and Social Innovation: Participation
through Micro-contributions