Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change - Table of Contents

May 2006
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978-0-262-51193-3

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Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change
Edited by W. Neil Adger, Jouni Paavola, Saleemul Huq and M. J. Mace

	Foreword by Bo Kjellen	vii

	Preface	xi

	Contributors	xv

1.	Toward Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change W. Neil Adger, Jouni Paavola and Saleemul Huq	1

I.	Politics, Science, and Law in Justice Debates	20

2.	Dangers and Thresholds in Climate Change and the Implications for Justice Stephen H. Schneider and Janica Lane	23

3.	Adaptation under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: The International Legal Framewok M. J. Mace	53

II.	Aspects of Fairness in Adaptation	77

4.	Explorig the Social Justice Implications of Adaptation and Vulnerability Kirstin Dow, Roger E. Kasperson and Maria Bohn	79

5.	Is It Appropriate to Identify Winners and Losers? Robin Leichenko and Karen O'Brien	97

6.	Climate Change, Insecurity, and Injustice Jon Barnett	115

7.	Adaptation: Who Pays Whom? Paul Baer	131

8.	A Welfare Theoretic Analysis of Climate Change Inequities Neil A. Leary	155

III.	Fairness in Adaptation Responses	179

9.	Equity in National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs): The Case of Bangladesh Saleemul Huq and Mizan R. Khan	181

10.	Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change in Tanzania Jouni Paavola	201

11.	Adaptation and Equity in Resource Dependent Societies David S. G. Thomas and Chasca Twyman	223

12.	Extreme Weather and Burden Sharing in Hungary Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer and Anna Vari	229

IV.	Conclusion	261

13.	Multifaceted Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change Jouni Paavola, W. Neil Adger and Saleemul Huq	263

	References	279

	Index	311

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