This is the first comprehensive book-level examination of the relationship between tourism and climate change, of interest not only to students of tourism but to policy makers and the industry who will have to respond to the challenges posed.

This study from the Independent Evaluation Group draws lessons for development and climate change mitigation from the World Bank Group's far-reaching portfolio of projects in energy, forestry, transport, coal power, and technology transfer. Reviewing what has worked, what hasn?t, and why, the...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- 2 Why Consider Long-Term Issues in Thinking About Fiscal Policy? -- 3 How Governments (and Academics) Address Long-Term Issues in Fiscal Policy Planning -- 4 Some Conceptual Issues in...

Malaysia pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 in relation to its 2005 GDP figure. The sectors listed as the main focus of this effort included: energy, industrial processes, waste, agriculture, land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). Several...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The genealogy and contemporary politics of just transitions -- 1 'No jobs on a dead planet': The international trade union movement and just transition -- 2 Business in just...

Over 100 million workers in Southeast Asia have jobs that are directly or closely linked to the environment, making them vulnerable to climate change impacts. These same workers likely earn at least 20% lower than the national average and are largely in informal employment. The region’s...