The Economic, Social and Political Elements of Climate Change
A unique feature of this book is its strong practice-oriented nature: it contains a wide range of papers dealing with the social, economic and political aspects of climate change, exemplifying the diversity of approaches to climate change management takin
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Walter Leal Filho Editor
The Economic, Social and Political Elements of Climate Change
Editor Prof. Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DL, DLitt) Senior Professor & Head of the Research and Transfer Centre “Applications of Life Sciences” Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Life Sciences Lohbruegger Kirchstraße 65 21033 Hamburg Germany [email protected]
ISSN 1610-2010 e-ISSN 1610-2002 ISBN 978-3-642-14775-3 e-ISBN 978-3-642-14776-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-14776-0 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
This book contains a set of papers presented during the world’s second online climate change conference (Climate 2009) held on 2–6 Nov 2009. The idea of running on-line climate conferences was born in Hamburg in the summer of 2008. With the first on-line climate change conference (titled “Climate 2008”) and the second one titled “Climate 2009” groundbreaking a methodology was established: the execution of climate change conferences which are not – paradoxically – harmful to the climate as conventional conferences are, but ones which are climate-neutral. For this purpose, the Hamburg-based company “Klimainvest” purchased climate certificates (WWF Gold Standard) which have neutralized the emissions caused by desktop computers and notebooks used during the time of the conference by all conference participants. In doing so, millions of people – as opposed to a few hundred – can take part in the event, wherever they are, whenever they want and regardless of their economic situation or social status. A unique feature of this book is its strong practice-oriented nature: it contains a wide range of papers dealing with the social, economic and political aspects of climate change, exemplifying the diversity of approaches to climate change management taking place all over the world, in a way never seen before. In addition, the book describes a number of projects and other initiatives happening in Africa
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