Climate Change and Global Policy Regimes: Towards Institutional Legitimacy

Introduction: Global Governance and Climate Change; Timothy Cadman 1. The Discourses of Climate Change; Chris Taylor 2. A Cooling Climate for Negotiations: Intergovernmentalism and Its Limits ; Fred Gale 3. Gender and Climate Change: Stakeholder Participation and Conceptual Currency in the Climate Negotiations Regime; Lauren E. Eastwood 4. Governing Adaptation Policies and Programmes; Geoff Cockfield 5. Applying an Empirical Evaluation to the Governance Legitimacy of Carbon-offset Mechanisms on the Basis of Stakeholder Perceptions; Timothy Cadman 6. Evaluating the Clean Development Mechanism; Tek Narayan Maraseni 7. Stakeholders in Climate Policy Instruments: What Role for Financial Institutions?; Matthew Haigh 8. Challenges for Global Health Governance in Responding to the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health; Jeff Gow 9. Climate Change and Sustainable Water Management; Jamie Pittock 10. Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Global Governance Regimes in the Context of Climate Change and Food Availability; Nick Rose 11. Innovation and Global to Local Energy Governance; Guilherme B. R. Lambais & Guilherme Gonçalves 12. Climate Change, Population Movements and Governance: Case Studies in Response Mechanisms; Richard Hil 13. Migration and climate change: global governance regimes and the incorporation of climate change Displacement; Andrea C. Berringer 14. The ICLEI Cities for Climate Protection Program: Local Government Networks in Urban Climate Governance; Heather Zeppel 15. The Influence of Non-State Actors on Corporate Climate Change Disclosure; Julie Cotter Conclusion; All Contributors