Del 19 - Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice

Climate Change and the 2030 Corporate Agenda for Sustainable Development

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Av Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Liam Leonard, Colombia) Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra (Universidad EAFIT, USA) Leonard, Liam (California State University

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This volume explores the meaning of the Paris Climate Agreement 2015 for business; it analyses its challenges and implications, and establishes required actions by the private sector in order to reduce global warming and mitigating climate change effects. We bring together evidence-based, conceptual and theoretical contributions from a diverse set of geographical locations, and disciplinary backgrounds on the meanings, implications, opportunities and challenges for business around the planet in relation to climate change.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-12-21
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt666 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAdvances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice
Antal sidor272
FörlagEmerald Publishing Limited
ISBN9781786358196

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Climate Change and the 2030 Corporate Agenda for Sustainable Development - Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-PerezClimate Change and the Hospitality and Tourism Industry In Developing Countries - Gaunette Sinclair-MaraghInseparable Parts of Sustainability: Business, Climate Change, and Integrated Reporting - Arzu Özsözgün Çal??kan and Emel EsenAddressing Climate Change Due to Emission of Greenhouse Gases Associated with the Oil and Gas Industry: Market-Based Regulation to the Rescue - Osamuyimen Enabulele, Mahdi Zahraa and Franklin N. NgwuClimate Change and Animal Health Risk - Adem Hiko and Gelgelo MalichaMaldivian Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Action In Tourism Sector: Lessons for the Sustainable Development Agenda - Carolina Herrera-Cano and Alejandro Herrera-Canothe Business Case for Climate Change: the Impact of Climate Change on Kenya’S Public Listed Companies - Moses Kibe Kihiko and Mary Wanjiru KinotiCompany Policies to Adapt Climate Change Plan: a Case Study on Turkey - Emel Esen and Arzu Özsözgün Çal??kanHidroaysén Case: Building Dams In Chile’S Patagonia Region - Rafael Uribe Uribe, Francisco Jimenez Manterola, Caroline Voulminot Sontag, Andres Mesa Botero and Campbell R. HarveyIndonesia’S Forestry Policy at a Crossroads In the Sustainable Development Approach: a Case Study on the Forest Moratorium, 2011-2014 - Maria Teresa Uribe-JaramilloCreation and Shaping of the Global Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Market - Valtteri Kaartemo

This work unites international contributors in risk management, law, human resources, finance, international business, economics, and industrial engineering. They consider the business implications of the Paris Climate Agreement 2015 and what it requires of the private sector. Each of the book’s 11 chapters includes an abstract outlining the purpose, methodology, approach, findings, and research and practical implications of the research described in the chapter. Some topics explored are climate change in the hospitality and tourism industry in developing countries, market-based regulation of greenhouse gases, climate change and animal health risk, disaster risk management and climate change, the impact of climate change on Kenya’s public listed companies, dams in Patagonia, and Indonesia’s forestry policy.