Ireland and the Climate Crisis /

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Ireland's response to the climate crisis. The contributions, written by leading scholars across a range of disciplines in the social sciences, humanities and beyond, shed light on diverse aspects of the climate crisis, the factors shaping Ireland&#...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Robbins, David (Editor), Torney, Diarmuid (Editor), Brereton, Pat (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Edition:	1st ed. 2020.
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication,
Subjects:	Communication. Environmental sciences. Climate change. Ethnology-Europe. Environmental Communication. Media and Communication. Climate Change Management and Policy. Climate Change. European Culture. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Climate change in Ireland: Science, Impacts and Adaptation
3. Ireland's Policy Response to Climate Change: an Historical Overview
4. Climate Litigation, Politics and Policy Change: Lessons from Urgenda and Climate Case Ireland
5. Climate Law in Ireland: EU and National Dimensions
6. The Party Politics of Climate Change in Ireland
7. Responding to Climate Change: the Role of Local Government in Ireland
8. Ecological Modernisation, Irish-style: Explaining Ireland's Slow Transition to a Low Carbon Society
9. Challenges and potentials for socio-ecological transformation: Considering Structural Aspects of Change
10. Climate Change and the Media
11. Cultural and Visual Responses to Climate Change: Ecological Reading of Irish Zombie Movies.-12. Community Engagement and Community Energy
13. Climate Change Education in Ireland: Emerging Practice in a Context of Resistance
14. Climate Action via Just Transition Across the Island of Ireland: Labour, Land and the Low Carbon Transition
15. The Changing Faces of the Climate Movement in Ireland
16. Cloughjordan Ecovillage: Community-led transitioning to a low-carbon future.