Managing Climate Change Business Risks and Consequences - Leadership for Global Sustainability

Informationen zum Autor CHARLES WANKELAssociate Professor of Management at St. John's University, Peter J. Tobin College of Business, USA. JAMES A. F. STONERProfessor of Management Systems and Chairholder of Fordham University's James A.F. Stoner Chair for Global Sustainability. Klappentext Although the title of this volume and its major focus will be on one major aspect of global sustainability - climate change - this volume continues with the overall framing of the series: global sustainability is a multi-faceted! global! multi-generational! economic! social! environmental! and cultural phenomenon and challenge to our species. Zusammenfassung Although the title of this volume and its major focus will be on one major aspect of global sustainability - climate change - this volume continues with the overall framing of the series: global sustainability is a multi-faceted! global! multi-generational! economic! social! environmental! and cultural phenomenon and challenge to our species. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I CLIMATE CHANGE AND RISK MANAGEMENT * Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: Framing the Inquiry into risk management and climate change * Chapter 2: ASKING "THE RIGHT QUESTION": * Chapter 3: BASIC CONCEPTS OF RISK MANAGEMENT * PART II THE KEY PLAYERS MANAGING THE RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE * Chapter 4: RISK MANAGING INSTITUTIONS - THE INSURERS * Chapter 5: CORPORATE RISK MANAGERS - THE INSURED * Chapter 6: GOVERNMENT REGULATORS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL - RULE SETTERS, JUDGES, AND REFEREES * Chapter 7: THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING NGOS, THE PRESS - COMMENTATORS, CRITICS, AND CHEERLEADERs * SECTION III BEYOND "INSURANCE" * Chapter 8: GOING FORWARD - DESIRABLE EVOLUTION IN GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY RISK MANAGEMENT

Product details

• Authors: James A. F. Stoner
• Assisted by: Stoner (Editor), J Stoner (Editor), J. Stoner (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2012
• EAN: 9781349296897
• ISBN: 978-1-349-29689-7
• No. of pages: 269
• Series: Global Sustainability Through Business; Global Sustainability Through; Global Sustainability Through Business
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Management, Operations Research, B, Climate Change, Leadership, Business Strategy/Leadership, The environment, Environmental Economics, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Operations Research and Decision Theory, Management & management techniques, Management decision making, Meteorology and climatology, Management science, Environmental Sciences, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Operational research, Decision Making, Business Strategy and Leadership, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Climate Sciences