The Crisis of Climate Change: Weather Report

ISBN-13: 9781032106953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 244 str.

Ravi Agarwal; Omita Goyal

Opis

This volume outlines the specific conditions and responses to climate change in India. It discusses various aspects of the planetary crisis with a global urgency: global warming induced by anthropogenic emissions, largely owing to the fossil fuel-based economic growth model; severe environmental decline; and its catastrophic consequences.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I. Broad Perspectives  1. New Imperatives for International and Domestic Climate Policy: Rethinking India’s Approach  2. India’s Moment to Lead the World to Sustainability is Here  3. Disaster Management: Institutionalising Risk-Informed Planning  4. Catch 22 and Double Whammy for South Asia in a Warming World  Part II. Landscapes of Change  5. Forests and Climate Change in the Anthropocene  6. Adapting Agriculture to Climate Turbulence  7. Elephants on the Move: Implications for Human–Elephant Interactions  8. Achieving Gender Equality in the Face of a Climate Crisis  9. The Future of Health in a Climate Crisis  10. Rethinking Institutions for India’s Transitioning Electricity Sector  11. The Coast is Un-Clear  12. Climate Change and Rural Water Security  13. Dealing with India’s Plastic Waste: Why Single-Use Plastic Bans may not Work  14. Climate Change and Security  Part III. New Horizons  15. ‘The Air in Her Lungs is a Destitute Pigeon’  16. Climate Change and Beyond: A Holistic View  17. A Transdisciplinary Conceptualisation of Climate Change: An Educator’s Journey  18. Performativity and Ecology  19. The Possibility of Acting in Climate Change: A Gandhian Perspective  20. From ‘Climate Change’ to ‘Climate Justice’: ‘Civil Society’ Movement(s)