Book: Adapting to Climate Change – Thresholds, Values, Governance
GECHS chair Karen O’Brien is co-editor of this comprehensive book on adaptation to climate change, with Neil Adger, University of East Anglia and Irene Lorenzoni, University of East Anglia. The book presents the latest science and social science research on whether the world can adapt to climate change. Written by experts, both academics and practitioners, it examines the risks to ecosystems, demonstrating how values, culture and the constraining forces of governance act as barrier to action. The book includes historical, contemporary, and future insights into adaptation to climate change. It covers adaptation issues from different perspectives: climate science, hydrology, engineering, ecology, economics, human geography, anthropology and political science; and contains contributions from leading researchers and practitioners from around the world.
