Beyond Politics - The Private Governance Response to Climate Change

This book argues that government action alone will not prevent dangerous climate change, but that private governance can fill the gap.

List of contents

Part I. Setting the Table: 1. Introduction; 2. The climate challenge; 3. The governance challenge; Part II. Private Governance: 4. The private governance opportunity; 5. The corporate sector; 6. The household sector; 7. Cross-cutting initiatives; Part III. Next Steps: 8. Objections; 9. New directions and extensions; 10. Conclusion.

About the author

Michael P. Vandenbergh is the David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law, Co-Director of the Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, and Director of the Climate Change Research Network at Vanderbilt University Law School, Tennessee.Jonathan M. Gilligan is Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Associate Director for Research, Vanderbilt Climate Change Research Network at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee.

Summary

An optimistic view of the climate problem, drawing on law, policy, and social science to show how the private sector can bypass government gridlock, reducing carbon emissions by a billion tons annually. This book will appeal to scholars, business and advocacy group managers, policymakers, and anyone interested in climate change.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan M. Gilligan, Jonathan M. (Vanderbilt University Gilligan, Michael P. Vandenbergh, Michael P. (Vanderbilt University Vandenbergh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781107181229
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18122-9
• No. of pages: 492
• Series: Business and Public Policy; Business and Public Policy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Political Economy