FW: Call for Papers: Local Peoples & Climate Change

[Priya Kurian]

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Special Issue 

Local Environment - 

The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability

 

THEME:

'Local Peoples and Climate Change'

 

 

Special Issue Brief

The special issue, Local Peoples and Climate Change, has the specific
purpose of bringing together the voices and experiences of diverse local
peoples who are witness to and negotiators of the current impacts of
climate change.  In some cases, such as those from Tuvalu and the Inuit,
the voices of concern have been raised for some time (e.g., McDonald et.
al. 1997; Watt-Cloutier 1998) yet fallen on a predominantly
disinterested audience.  The recent flurry of media attention has
increased the volume of these voices, yet the adaptive processes and
mechanisms that have been needed - and are foreseen to be needed in the
immediate future - are less explored by the media, policy analysts or
academics.

 

Nevertheless, there have been and are serious efforts underway to better
understand socio-ecological systems and the resilience of humans, i.e.,
their ability to adapt to changing circumstances.  In particular, the
literature on resilience (Adger et. al. 2005; Berkes and Folke 1998;
Berkes and Jolly 2001; Brown et al 2006; Folke 2006), adaptive capacity
(Adger 2003; Brooks and Adger 2005; Barnett 2001; Dow et. al. 2006;
Grothmann and Patt 2005; Haddad 2005; Kelly and Adger 2000), human
development (UNDP 2005; Young and Einarsson 2004), human security
(Alkire2003; O'Brien 2006) and vulnerability (Adger 2006; Alwang et. al.
2001; Eakin 2005; Ford and Smit 2004; McCarthy et.al. 2001) have made a
significant contribution to constructing a better picture and developing
new models of resilience.  While some of this literature argues that
"the capacity to adapt to climate hazards and stresses depends on a
country's wealth, resources and governance," it does less to highlight
the specific, local interventions that are used to adapt to
circumstances, irrespective of wealth, resources and (presumably
'stable, democratic') governance (Dow and Downing 2007: 85).  

 

This research is significant and needed, but other ways of expressing
existing forms of resilience and adaptation exist, including through the
voices of local peoples.  It is imperative that we not only represent,
but actually hear and integrate, these local voices.  Some researchers
have done so (e.g., Berkes and Jolly 2001; Barnett and Busse 2002), yet
a steady, focused set of publications on the topic - using a range of
disciplines and ethnographic approaches, including by and for the local
peoples themselves - has not yet been generated.

 

The special issue invites contributors from around the world to provide
examples of the real climate change impacts for their locality and
cultures.  In doing so, they will be asked to address the questions
posed above as well as to provide any new questions or answers to better
inform practitioners and lay people alike about what will be needed to
manage now and into the future.  The contributors will be asked to
consider whether the current form of governmental structure and policy -
in their country, regionally or globally - provided what was needed.
And, if it did not, contributors will be asked to suggest adaptive
mechanisms, including in policy or institutionally, that could yield
better outcomes in the future.  In doing so, the contributors will also
be asked to consider the notion of 'justice' - for the local community
as well as in the context of a global community.   In order not to
pre-determine the types of adaptive mechanisms, though, contributors
will be asked to use their own voice, local knowledge and experience to
express and explain the impacts of climate change from their unique,
local perspective.

 

 

Potential contributors

Potential contributors come from a range of regions, given the current
impacts of climate change.  As noted above, peoples of the Arctic and
Small Island States will have particular relevance, given these areas
showed the earliest signs of change - and are showing the greatest
degree of change.  There are other significant changes that can yield
lessons on adaptive measures and resilience.  These changes are located
all around the world, including, but not limited to, Australia,
Bangladesh, Canada, Costa Rica, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Papua New
Guinea, Russia, Sudan and the United States.  

 

Further Information & Contact Details

The theme of this special issue has not been undertaken elsewhere and
will complement the significant research on socio-ecological systems
adaptation and resilience (cited above).  All contributions need to be
received by 15 October 2009.  Individuals interested in contributing to
this special issue should contact:

 

Stefanie Rixecker

Faculty of Environment, Society & Design

Lincoln University

PO Box 84

Lincoln

New Zealand

 

stefanie.rixec...@lincoln.ac.nz

 

 

Special Editor Brief Bio

Stefanie Rixecker is the Dean of the Faculty of Environme

FW: Call for Papers - Clean Tech & International Trade

[Dr. Wil Burns]

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Call for Papers
Topic: Clean Tech & International Trade

Sustainable Development Law and Policy ("SDLP") is currently accepting 
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Topic summaries are due: March 8, 2009.
Final papers are due: March 15, 2009.

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Call for Papers: Clean Tech & International Trade

Submissions Due: March 15, 2009

Sustainable Development Law and Policy (“SDLP”) is accepting submissions for 
its spring 2009 issue on Clean Tech & International Trade, focusing on the 
emerging international clean tech industry.

SDLP’s Clean Tech & International Trade issue will provide a forum for legal 
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currents of the clean tech industry. We strive to create an issue that will 
expand the discourse and facilitate the exchange of ideas about this emerging 
industry. Potential topics include but are not limited to:
• Political dynamics in tech transfer
• Lessons learned from MEAs
• Barriers to tech transfer
• Driving the clean tech trade
• IP, clean tech investment, and job creation
• CCS projects and financing
• Comparative analysis of renewable energy policies
• Regulating chemicals export, including ozone depleting substances with 
climate co-benefits
• Governance of UNFCCC financing mechanism frameworks
• Building capacity in developing countries through clean tech
• Is the CDM tech transfer?
• Transfer of adaptation technologies
• International investment by China
• Tech transfer and human rights
 
SDLP aims to represent a range of viewpoints, including those from academia, 
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recent issues at http://www.wcl.american.edu/org/sdlp/.

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FW: Call for Papers: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change

[Wil Burns]

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I had not previously heard of this evolution below.

Perhaps some of you might wish to contribute to this enterprise
in one way or another?

Mike H.



CALL FOR AUTHORS: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change

This comprehensive work will be marketed and sold to college, public, 
and academic libraries and includes some 700 articles, covering all 
aspects of the world environment and related disciplines in the social 
sciences, including terms and practices, profiles of climate change by 
country, biographies, and descriptions of environmental organizations. 
Each article, ranging from 550 to 5,000 words, is signed by the 
contributor.

If you are interested in contributing to the encyclopedia, it can be a
notable publication addition to your CV/resume and broaden your 
publishing credits. Payment for the articles are honoraria that range 
from a $50 book credit at Sage Publications for article submissions 
totaling 500 to 1,000 words up to a free set of the finished 
encyclopedia (a $400 value) for contributions totaling 10,000 words. 
More than this, your involvement can help assure that credible and 
detailed data, description, and analysis are available to students of 
climate issues.

If you would like to contribute to building a truly outstanding 
reference with the Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, 
please contact Maria Siano, Ph.D., by e-mail at 
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background in environmental and geographic issues.

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FW: Call for Papers

[Wil Burns]

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Dear Climate-I Reader

I am writing in my capacity as the editor of a new Blackwell journal 
called Regulation & Governance [Reg & Gov].

Reg & Gov is looking for papers that deal with the governance and 
regulation of climate change issues.  This reflect our belief of the 
importance of the topic and the severity of the problem it represents 
and our expectation that the issue will require new innovative ideas 
and solutions that will transform the way we think about governance 
and regulation.  We therefore looking for papers by scholars who can 
cross disciplinary boundaries and provide integrative papers on the 
regulatory, governance and ecological challenges of the topic.

  Regulation & Governance is edited by John Braithwaite (Australian 
National University), and Cary Coglianese (University of 
Pennsylvania) and David Levi-Faur (University of Haifa).  We hope you 
will consider this journal as a potential outlet for some of your 
relevant research or initiate symposium on these issues with your
colleagues.

Benefit to authors include
1) about 3 to 5 reports per submission
2) time until decision of about 45 days
3) fast publication after acceptance
4) wide publicity in our regulation and governance networks

Regulation & Governance aims to serve as a leading platform for the 
study of regulation and governance. Published quarterly by Blackwell 
beginning in March 2007, Regulation & Governance will seek to provide 
a forum for open and critical scholarly dialogue from different 
disciplines, using diverse methodologies, and from any area of 
regulation and governance.

Through Regulation & Governance, we aim to advance discussions 
between various disciplines about regulation and governance, promote 
the development of new theoretical and empirical understanding, and 
serve the growing needs of practitioners for a useful academic reference.

I invite you to visit the journal's website, submit a paper, and 
recommend the journal to a colleague.  For further information about 
the journal, including submission instructions, please visit our website at:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/
rego 
Manuscripts can be submitted online at: 
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ov

If you are willing to review papers from time to time, please also 
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ov 
and click on the "create account" note at the top right of the 
screen.  Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or
suggestions.

Yours
David Levi-Faur


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