Business and Climate Change Governance
South Africa in Comparative Perspective
Published on 1. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVII, 218 pages
978-1-349-45394-8 (ISBN)
Description
How and why do business organisations contribute to climate change governance? The contributors' findings on South Africa, Kenya and Germany demonstrate that business contributions to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change vary significantly.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XVII, 218 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-45394-8 (9781349453948)
DOI
10.1057/9781137302748
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
09/2013
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
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Persons
Tanja A. Börzel, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Farai Kapfudzaruwa, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Christian R. Thauer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
John Fay, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Stine Klapper, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Christopher Kaan, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Nicole Kranz, German International Cooperation
Nadine Methner, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Tom Herbstein, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Jan Froestad, University of Bergen, Norway
Clifford Shearing, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Deon Nel, WWF South Africa
Moliehi Shale, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Content
1. Business Contributions to Climate Change Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood: Introduction; Ralph Hamann and Tanja A. Börzel 2. Corporate Response to Climate Change in Areas of Limited Statehood: An Outline of the Organisational Configurations in Kenya and South Africa; Farai Kapfudzaruwa 3. Climate Change Policies in the Car Industry: Asset Specificity as a Driver of Internal Innovation; Christian R. Thauer 4. Renewable Energy Incentives Across Varying levels of Statehood; John Fay 5. Voluntary Collective Commitment: the Case of Business and Energy Efficiency in South Africa; Christopher Kaan and Stine Klapper 6. Business Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation - From Coping to Transformation? Insights from South Africa and Germany; Nicole Kranz 7. Adaptation to Climate Change: An Investigation into Woolworths' Water Management Measures; Nadine Methner 8. Insurance, Climate-risk and the Barriers to Change; Tom Herbstein, Jan Froestad, Deon Nel and Clifford Shearing 9. Of Culture and Religion: Insurance Regulation and the Informal Economy in a South African City; Moliehi Shale 10. Business and Climate Change Governance: Conclusions; Tanja Börzel, Ralph Hamann and Nicole Kranz