Adaptiveness: Changing Earth System Governance

A state-of-the-art review of adaptiveness as a key concept in environmental governance literature, complemented by global, regional, and national applications.

Riyanti Djalante (Edited by), Bernd Siebenhüner (Edited by)

9781108749145, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 July 2021

250 pages
24.5 x 17 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg

Rapid and transformational actions are ever more urgently needed to achieve a just, resilient, and ecologically sustainable global society, as envisioned and supported by the Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, dynamic governance approaches are vital for addressing changing and uncertain conditions. At many levels, governance needs to be responsive and flexible - in one word - adaptive. This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the conceptual development of adaptiveness as a key concept in the environmental governance literature, complemented by applications from global, regional, and national levels. It reviews the politics of adaptiveness, investigates which governance processes foster adaptiveness, and discusses how, when and why adaptiveness influences earth system governance. It is a timely synthesis for students, researchers and practitioners interested in environmental governance, sustainability and social change processes. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.

1. On Adaptiveness: Changing Earth System Governance Riyanti Djalante, Bernd Siebenhüner, Julie P. King, Nicolas W. Jager and Louis Lebel
2. Synthesizing and Identifying Emerging Issues in Adaptiveness Research within the Earth System Governance Framework (1998-2018) Bernd Siebenhüner and Riyanti Djalante
3. Climate Change Adaptive Capacity Assessments: Conceptual Approaches and Operational Process Annie Montpetit, Frédérik Doyon and Guy Chiasson
4. Assessing Adaptive Capacity of Collaborative Governance Institutions Pedro Fidelman
5. The Marine Debris Nexus: Plastic, Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Human Health Peter Stoett and Joanna Vince
6. Synergies and Trade-Offs between Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation across Multiple Scales of Governance Asim Zia
7. Lock-Ins in Climate Adaptation Governance: Conceptual and Empirical Approaches Bernd Siebenhüner, Torsten Grothmann, Dave Huitema, Angela Oels, Tim Rayner and John Turnpenny
8. Governance and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Conflict-Affected Countries of Central Africa H. Carolyn Peach Brown
9. Policy Tools and Capacities for Adaptiveness in US Public Land Management Zachary Wurtzebach and Courtney Schultz
10. Adaptiveness in Earth System Governance: Synthesis, Policy Relevance, and the Way Forward Bernd Siebenhüner, Riyanti Djalante, Nicolas W. Jager and Julie P. King
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Subject Areas: Sustainability [RNU], Social impact of environmental issues [RNT], Environment law [LNKJ], International environmental law [LBBP], International relations [JPS]