book recommendations
I had an interesting request from a couple of students taking my undergrad climate change politics course. They want to buy a book for their parents for Xmas that will help open up a conversation on climate change. They want something that is written for the lay public and not too in your face. The first books that came to my mind were Speth's RED SKY AT MORNING and Doughman's edited volume CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. Any other suggestions? Thanks, M ___ Michele M. Betsill Associate Professor Department of Political Science Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA 970.491.5270
Responses to my second query - Evaluations of World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg 2002)
Dear all, Here are the responses to my second query, quoted below --- Further to my original request, anybody know of any academic (journal articles/book chapters) assessments of WSSD Johannesburg 2002? I seem to recall a paper by Paul Wapner in GEP, but haven't been able to find anything more recent. I've tried everything from Google Scholar to Social Science Citation Index, but not a lot emerges. Pointers much appreciated. Best, Raul --- RESPONSES From Andrew Biro Not terribly recent but there are three articles in the Dec 2002 (v13,n4) issue of Capitalism Nature Socialism. Cheers, From Kirsten Worm A useful contribution in my view is: Kallhauge, Angela Churie, Gunnar Sjostedt and Elisabeth Corell (eds.): Global Challenges. Furhtering the Multilateral Process for Sustainable Development. Greenleaf Publishing. 2005. The book contains many useful articles. It distinquishes between results and outcomes and in so doing assesses the oucomes of WSSD and presents comparisons between WSSD and the othe world summits: UNCED in Rio 1992 and UNCHE in Stockholm 1972. From Jon Marco Church This issue of Le Monde diplomatique contained a deep (critical) analysis of the WSSD: http://mondediplo.com/2002/08/ It is not too academic, but it is the best I remember reading back then. Best regards, From Wil Burns I received 10 pieces that critique WSSD. I didn't copy all the citations on to my EndNote library. Additionally, if anyone is interested, here is the final bibliography of the entry on ENGOs and sustainable development. It includes some of the works suggested by GEP colleagues (and written by some of them as well!). Alger, C. (2002). The emerging roles of NGOs in the UN System: From Article 71 to a People's Millenium Assembly. Global Governance 8:1, 93-117. Arts, B. (1998). The political influence of global NGOS: Case studies on the Climate and Biodiversity Conventions. Utrecht, The Netherlands: International. Betsill, M. and E. Corell, Eds. (2008). NGO Diplomacy: The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International Environmental Negotiations. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press. Corell, E. and M. M. Betsill (2001). A comparative look at NGO influence in international environmental negotiations: Desertification and climate change. Global Environmental Politics 1:4, 86-107. Edwards, M. and J. Gaventa, Eds. (2001). Global Citizen Action. Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner. Friedman, E. J., et al. (2005). Sovereignty, Democracy and Global Civil Society: State-Society Relations at UN World Conferences. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press. Gulbrandsen, L. H. and S. Andresen (2004). NGO influence in the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol: Compliance, flexibility mechanisms and sinks. Global Environmental Politics 4:4, 54-75. Humphreys, D. (2004). Redefining the issues: NGO influence on international forests negotiations. Global Environmental Politics 4:2, 51-74. Jelin, E. (2000). Towards a Global Environmental Citizenship. Citizenship Studies 4:1, 47-63. Keck, M. E. and K. Sikkink (1998). Activists Beyond Borders : Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. Pacheco-Vega, R. (2005). Democracy by proxy: Environmental NGOs and policy change in Mexico. A. Romero and S. West, Ed.^Eds. Environmental Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Publishers, 231-249. Pacheco-Vega, R. (2006). Accountability and transparency in international environmental policy: The experience of the North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Registries. International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Pacheco-Vega, R., et al. (2001). The challenge of sustainable development in Mexico. P. N. Nemetz, Ed.^Eds. Bringing Business on Board: Sustainable Development and the B-School Curriculum. Vancouver, BC: JBA Press, 715-739. Skodvin, T. and S. Andresen (2003). Nonstate influence in the International Whaling Commission, 1970-1990. Global Environmental Politics 3:4, 61-86. von Frantzius, I. (2004). World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg 2002: A critical analysis and assessment of the outcomes. Environmental Politics 13:2, 467-473. Wagner, L. M. (1999). Negotiations in the UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Coalitions, Processes and Outcomes. International Negotiation 4:2, 107-131. Wapner, P. (2003). World Summit on Sustainable Development: Toward a post-Jo'Burg environmentalism. Global Environmental Politics 3:1, 1-10. WCED (1987). Our Common Future. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press. Moreover, if anybody is interested in reading the paper I wrote, I'm happy to send it to individual respondents (with the proviso that it is a draft and therefore, not to be cited or quoted yet). Thanks everyone for your help, Raul
RE: book recommendations
Hi -- My students were just saying last week that they were taking the Doughman ed. book (which I used in a Freshman seminar) home for the holidays. So, they seemed to think that was a good one. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Betsill,Michele Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:30 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: book recommendations I had an interesting request from a couple of students taking my undergrad climate change politics course. They want to buy a book for their parents for Xmas that will help open up a conversation on climate change. They want something that is written for the lay public and not too in your face. The first books that came to my mind were Speth's RED SKY AT MORNING and Doughman's edited volume CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. Any other suggestions? Thanks, M ___ Michele M. Betsill Associate Professor Department of Political Science Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA 970.491.5270
Re: book recommendations
Michele (and GEPED folks): The best popular book yet is probably Gwynne Dyer's recently published Climate Wars which includes interviews with the leading scientists, and some thought provoking scenarios about what might go wrong, badly wrong, if we don't get our act together shortly. Simon On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:29 AM, Betsill,Michele [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I had an interesting request from a couple of students taking my undergrad climate change politics course. They want to buy a book for their parents for Xmas that will help open up a conversation on climate change. They want something that is written for the lay public and not too in your face. The first books that came to my mind were Speth's RED SKY AT MORNING and Doughman's edited volume CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. Any other suggestions? Thanks, M ___ Michele M. Betsill Associate Professor Department of Political Science Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA 970.491.5270 -- Simon Dalby, Ph.D. Professor, Carleton University www.carleton.ca/~sdalby Political Geography Section Editor of Geography Compass (www.blackwell-compass.com)
Re: book recommendations
I second the ³Weather Makers² (along with any other book by Flannery...his ³The Eternal Frontier² is a superb study of North American geology, geography and cultural history from almost Pre-Cambrian to now). Flannery is an excellent writer and explainer and he does it all with a sense of humor. Happy Holidays. Larry Davis On 12/10/08 10:04, syma ebbin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of my students recommended Weather Makers by Tim Flannery. Happy holidays Syma (*(*(* Syma A. Ebbin, PhD. --- On Wed, 12/10/08, VanDeveer, Stacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: VanDeveer, Stacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: book recommendations To: Betsill,Michele [EMAIL PROTECTED], gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 9:47 AM Hi -- My students were just saying last week that they were taking the Doughman ed. book (which I used in a Freshman seminar) home for the holidays. So, they seemed to think that was a good one. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Betsill,Michele Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:30 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: book recommendations I had an interesting request from a couple of students taking my undergrad climate change politics course. They want to buy a book for their parents for Xmas that will help open up a conversation on climate change. They want something that is written for the lay public and not too in your face. The first books that came to my mind were Speth's RED SKY AT MORNING and Doughman's edited volume CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. Any other suggestions? Thanks, M ___ Michele M. Betsill Associate Professor Department of Political Science Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA 970.491.5270 -- * R. Laurence Davis, Ph.D. Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and University Research Scholar Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences University of New Haven 300 Boston Post Road West Haven, Connecticut 06516 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 203-932-7108Fax: 203-931-6097 *
Re: book recommendations
Hm, interesting - we had a related question on this before. Depends obviously on the flavor of the family, age, leanings etc. But the coffee table approach - Gary Braasch's photographs of stuff already happening may be an aesthetically pleasing introduction... (this is one of his books, there are several) http://www.amazon.com/Know-What-About-Changing-Climate/dp/1584691034/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1228929064sr=1-21 How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming (About Our Changing Climate) http://www.amazon.com/Know-What-About-Changing-Climate/dp/1584691034/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1228929064sr=1-21 by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch Houghton's overview, a bit dated, haven't read - but he does this interesting balance in speaking from science and values: http://www.amazon.com/Global-Warming-Complete-John-Houghton/dp/0521528747/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1228929117sr=1-35 Global Warming: The Complete Briefing http://www.amazon.com/Global-Warming-Complete-John-Houghton/dp/0521528747/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1228929117sr=1-35 by John Houghton (Paperback - Sep 6, 2004) Also extremely credible, post-humously published is this historical account by one deeply involved: A History of the Science and Politics of Climate Change: The Role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change http://www.amazon.com/History-Science-Politics-Climate-Change/dp/0521088739/ref=sr_1_55?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1228929342sr=1-55 by Bert Bolin (Paperback - Oct 30, 2008) Not sure any of these make for a merry holiday dinner conversation, but good for these kids to want to try. (Note the approach to social change!) Susi VanDeveer, Stacy wrote: Hi -- My students were just saying last week that they were taking the Doughman ed. book (which I used in a Freshman seminar) home for the holidays. So, they seemed to think that was a good one. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Betsill,Michele Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:30 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: book recommendations I had an interesting request from a couple of students taking my undergrad climate change politics course. They want to buy a book for their parents for Xmas that will help open up a conversation on climate change. They want something that is written for the lay public and not too in your face. The first books that came to my mind were Speth's RED SKY AT MORNING and Doughman's edited volume CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. Any other suggestions? Thanks, M ___ Michele M. Betsill Associate Professor Department of Political Science Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA 970.491.5270 -- ~~ Susanne C. Moser, Ph.D. Director, Principal Scientist Research Associate Susanne Moser Research Consulting Institute of Marine Sciences 134 Shelter Lagoon Dr. University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: book recommendations
I'll suggest three more: Weart, Spencer, 2003 The Discovery of Global Warming, Harvard University Press Moser, Susanne C. and Lisa Dilling, eds. 2007. Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change Cambridge University Press Gautier, Catherine. 2008. Oil, Water, and Climate. Cambridge University Press. Cheers, max -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susanne Moser Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:19 PM To: VanDeveer, Stacy Cc: Betsill,Michele; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Re: book recommendations Hm, interesting - we had a related question on this before. Depends obviously on the flavor of the family, age, leanings etc. But the coffee table approach - Gary Braasch's photographs of stuff already happening may be an aesthetically pleasing introduction... (this is one of his books, there are several) http://www.amazon.com/Know-What-About-Changing-Climate/dp/1584691034/ref=sr _1_21?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1228929064sr=1-21 How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming (About Our Changing Climate) http://www.amazon.com/Know-What-About-Changing-Climate/dp/1584691034/ref=sr _1_21?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1228929064sr=1-21 by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch Houghton's overview, a bit dated, haven't read - but he does this interesting balance in speaking from science and values: http://www.amazon.com/Global-Warming-Complete-John-Houghton/dp/0521528747/r ef=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1228929117sr=1-35 Global Warming: The Complete Briefing http://www.amazon.com/Global-Warming-Complete-John-Houghton/dp/0521528747/r ef=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1228929117sr=1-35 by John Houghton (Paperback - Sep 6, 2004) Also extremely credible, post-humously published is this historical account by one deeply involved: A History of the Science and Politics of Climate Change: The Role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change http://www.amazon.com/History-Science-Politics-Climate-Change/dp/0521088739 /ref=sr_1_55?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1228929342sr=1-55 by Bert Bolin (Paperback - Oct 30, 2008) Not sure any of these make for a merry holiday dinner conversation, but good for these kids to want to try. (Note the approach to social change!) Susi VanDeveer, Stacy wrote: Hi -- My students were just saying last week that they were taking the Doughman ed. book (which I used in a Freshman seminar) home for the holidays. So, they seemed to think that was a good one. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Betsill,Michele Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:30 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: book recommendations I had an interesting request from a couple of students taking my undergrad climate change politics course. They want to buy a book for their parents for Xmas that will help open up a conversation on climate change. They want something that is written for the lay public and not too in your face. The first books that came to my mind were Speth's RED SKY AT MORNING and Doughman's edited volume CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. Any other suggestions? Thanks, M ___ Michele M. Betsill Associate Professor Department of Political Science Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA 970.491.5270 -- ~~ Susanne C. Moser, Ph.D. Director, Principal Scientist Research Associate Susanne Moser Research Consulting Institute of Marine Sciences 134 Shelter Lagoon Dr. University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Climate Change Law Syllabi
Hello, The first incarnation of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law's climate change law/policy syllabi pool has been posted at: http://www.iucnael.org/content/view/94/30/lang,english/ Since we're on the cusp of another semester, I thought some members of the lists might have additional contributions. If you do, please send them to me for posting. We'll soon also start posting climate change simulations that can be used in classes, so please send those along also. Thanks, wil Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law Policy 1702 Arlington Blvd. El Cerrito, CA 94530 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.5361 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jiwlp.com/ http://www.jiwlp.com SSRN site: http://ssrn.com/author=240348 http://ssrn.com/author=240348 Skype ID: Wil.Burns
RE: book recommendations
For a popular audience, I really like, Thomas Friedman's, HOT, FLAT AND CROWDED: WHY WE NEED A GREEN REVOLUTION AND HOW IT CAN RENEW AMERICA. It has a strong American bent to it but it nails the nature of environmental challenges, is beautifully written and offers seeming solutions. Merry New Year, Happy Always, Paul Paul Wapner Associate Professor Director, Global Environmental Politics Program School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington DC 20016 (202) 885-1647
FW: New Policy Brief: Democracy through Natural Resource Decentralization
FYI, interesting brief from the World Resources Institute (authored by former WRI staffer Jesse Ribot). It includes case studies from Benin, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Malawi and Senegal. Rich -Original Message- From: Arisha Ashraf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:15 PM To: Wallace, Richard Subject: New Policy Brief: Democracy through Natural Resource Decentralization I wanted to share the World Resources Institute's latest work on how natural resource management can strengthen and improve local democracy (this is also Jesse Ribot's last WRI publication-for the time being). Decentralizing natural resource decisions can give local elected governments the opportunity to make decisions that are meaningful to local people's everyday subsistence and commercial activities. This, in turn, gives people good reason to engage their representative authorities. The result is an empowered local government with natural resource management responsibilities that can be responsive to local needs and aspirations. Building Local Democracy through Natural Resources Interventions: An Environmentalist's Responsibility is a World Resources Institute policy brief that outlines how environmental activists, professionals and policy makers can help promote the emergence and consolidation of local democracy wherever they intervene. It also points out that they are likely to undermine democracy if they do not take measures to actively support representative authorities. The brief is available at: http://www.wri.org/publication/building-local-democracy. Environmentalists can contribute to the cycle of local democracy by working with elected authorities and supporting their ability to respond to citizen demands. Or, environmentalists can choose to circumvent local democracy by working through the most convenient parallel local institutions to get their projects implemented. While working with democratic institutions can be messy and slow, it has the potential to be the foundation for a permanent (e.g. sustainable) institutional base for community participation that environmentalists around the world strive for. Please address your comments on this brief to Jesse Ribot at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you would like hard copies, feel free to contact me directly, Arisha Ashraf at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: book recommendations
Even more than his recent Six Degrees, I think Mark Lynas's High Tide would be great for this purpose, Best, Doug Kysar Sent from my iPhone On Dec 10, 2008, at 9:48 AM, VanDeveer, Stacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi -- My students were just saying last week that they were taking the Doughman ed. book (which I used in a Freshman seminar) home for the holidays. So, they seemed to think that was a good one. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Betsill,Michele Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:30 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: book recommendations I had an interesting request from a couple of students taking my undergrad climate change politics course. They want to buy a book for their parents for Xmas that will help open up a conversation on climate change. They want something that is written for the lay public and not too in your face. The first books that came to my mind were Speth's RED SKY AT MORNING and Doughman's edited volume CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. Any other suggestions? Thanks, M ___ Michele M. Betsill Associate Professor Department of Political Science Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA 970.491.5270
