Business and Climate Change Governance: South Africa in Comparative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781137302731 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 218 str.

Tanja A Brzel

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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