Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia

Amita Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India A.K.M. Ahsan Ullah, American University in Cairo, Egypt R. Lalitha S. Fernando, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka Gamini Herath, Monash University, Malaysia Izumi Tsurita, Ocean Policy Research Institute, Japan Daisuke Sano, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Thailand S.V.R.K. Prabhakar, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan Misa Aoki, Kyoto University, Japan Reina Mashimo, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan Md Shafiqul Islam, is the Executive Director of CRP, Bangladesh Ashok Kumar Singha, Xavier Institute of Management, India Suvra Majumdar, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India Abhik Saha, Independent Scholar Somnath Hazra, International Development Research Institute, Canada Vinay Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology, India Ken Coghill, Monash University, Australia Ramanie Samaratunge, Monash University, Australia Mahendra Sethi, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), IndiaSubhakanta Mohapatra, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India Bimal Raj Regmi, Flinders University, Australia Dinanath Bhandari, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Programme in Practical Action, Nepal Isaias S Sealza, Xavier University, India.

• 1. Governance Approaches for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia: An Introduction; Huong Ha and Tek Nath Dhakal PART I: ISSUES AND IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN ASIA 2. Climate Change, Vanishing Ecosystems and the Challenge of Achieving Human Prosperity; Amita Singh 3. The Interplay between Climate Change, Economy and Displacement: Experience from Asia; A.K.M. Ahsan Ullah 4. Disaster Communication in Mitigating Climate Change in Sri Lanka: Problems and Prospects; R. Lalitha S. Fernando 5. Climate Change and Global Environmental Governance: The Asian Experience; Gamini Herath PART II: PRECONDITIONS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT SECTORS 6. Approaches for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Agriculture Initiatives in Japan;Izumi Tsurita, S.V.R.K. Prabhakar and Daisuke Sano 7. How Adaptive Policies are in Japan and Can Adaptive Policies Mean Effective Policies?: Some Implications for Governing Climate Change Adaptation; S.V.R.K. Prabhakar, Misa Aoki andReina Mashimo 8. Management of Climate Induced National Security: Paradigm Shift from Geopolitics to Carbon Politics; Md Shafiqul Islam 9. Deconstructing Debate on National Action Plan on Climate Change at the State Level: A Case Study of Meghalaya State, India; Ashok Kumar Singha, Suvra Majumdar, Abhik Saha and Somnath Hazra 10. The Role of Government and the Private Sector in Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change; Vinay Sharma PART III: GOVERNANCE APPROACHES FOR MANAGING CLIMATE CHANGE 11. Integrated Governance and Adaptation to Climate Change; Ken Coghill and Ramanie Samaratunge 12. Climate Change Governance: Singapore Case; Huong Ha 13. Governance Framework to Mitigate Climate Change: Challenges in Urbanising India; Mahendra Sethi and Subhakanta Mohapatra 14. Unripe Fruits or Non-Raining Clouds?: Climate Change Governance and Funding Dilemma in Nepal; Bimal Raj Regmi and Dinanath Bhandari 15. Environmental Legislations and Actions in Polity, Economy and Culture for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Misamis Oriental Province, the Philippines; Isaias S. Sealza and Huong Ha 16. Responses to Climate Change – Who is Responsible?: A Conclusion; Tek Nath Dhakal and Huong Ha