University Initiatives in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
This book focuses on the role of higher education institutions in addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation challenges, contributing to the development of this fast-growing field. Further, it includes the results of empirical research and offers
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versity Initiatives in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
University Initiatives in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Walter Leal Filho Rafael Leal-Arcas •
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University Initiatives in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
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Editors Walter Leal Filho Faculty of Life Sciences Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Hamburg Germany
Rafael Leal-Arcas School of Law Queen Mary University of London London UK
ISBN 978-3-319-89589-5 ISBN 978-3-319-89590-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89590-1
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Preface
Much research on climate change is being performed by many universities around the world. But despite this positive trend, there are only a few publications where an interdisciplinary set of researchers may be able to tackle climate change issues from a variety of perspectives: social sciences, natural sciences, economics, etc. This book is an attempt to fill in this gap. This publication involves researchers in the field of climate change in the widest sense, not only from traditional climate science, but also from the fields of environment, human geography, business and economics, arts, administration, and media studies. The aims of this book are twofold: I. To provide researchers at universities from across the world performing research on issues pertaining climate change with an opportunity to present their works and research projects and also educational initiatives; II. To introduce innovative methodological approaches and projects which aim t
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