Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/rXzHny Climate Change and Small Island States Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific By: John Campbell; Jon Barnett Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9781844074945, 1844074943 eText ISBN: 9781136542855, 113654285X Edition: 1st Pages: 280 Copyright year: 2010 Format: EPUB Available from $ 21.58 USD SKU 9781136542855R90 Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause celebre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow. This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scientifically powerful countries appropriate the issue of island vulnerability in ways that do not do justice to the lives of island people. It argues that the ways in which islands and their inhabitants are represented in climate science and politics seldom leads to meaningful responses to assist them to adapt to climate change. Throughout, the authors focus on the hitherto largely ignored social impacts of climate change, and demonstrate that adaptation and mitigation policies cannot be effective without understanding the social systems and values of island societies. Additional ISBNs 9781844074945, 9781138866966, 9781282617353, 9781849774895, 1844074943, 1138866962, 1282617354, 1849774897
