Leadership and Innovation

Series Editors: Susanne Becken Lincoln University, New Zealand and John E. Hay John E. Hay & Associates, New Zealand

Climate change is now recognized as one of the key risks to societies and economic development. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has recently released their Fourth Assessment Report (FAR), which provides an in-depth analysis of past and future climatic conditions and identifies an “unequivocal” link between anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and changes in the climate. The FAR (Working Group II, which is still to be released) also attempts to assess the implications of those changes in different parts of the world and also for different economic sectors. But, compared to our understanding of biophysical systems, the interactions between climate and society are under-researched. This leads also to a lack of adequate policies to address climate change effectively and equitably.

From a policy standpoint, the important scientific questions about human caused climate change have now been answered. Policy makers, and society at large, now face serious questions and complex choices about turning this scientific knowledge and understanding into effective policies and actions. The many contentious policy issues need to be debated and resolved as openly and straightforwardly as possible, thereby overcoming the stumbling blocks that are currently preventing adequate responses to climate-related risks. This book series seeks to stimulate further development and dissemination of knowledge and understanding in relation to climate change and society, including a perspective of economic implications and measures. We encourage contributions from a wide range of fields including:

The aim of this book series is to provide high-quality interdisciplinary assessments of critical aspects of the Climate Change and Society interface that can only come from climate and social scientists and economists, with a commitment to undertaking and synthesizing research in ways that deliver policy-relevant findings. Readership Publications are aimed at those who wish to identify and implement effective and equitable solutions to the challenges faced by economies and societies as a consequence of climate change. Such individuals include both policy makers and practitioners in international governmental organizations, NGOs, national and local governments, and relevant industry organizations. The books will also be of interest to post-graduate students and academics studying and researching the interface between climate change, economies and societies.

The Editors

Dr. Susanne Becken is a Principal Research Officer at Lincoln University in the field of Sustainable Tourism. She is the lead consultant in a UNWTO project on climate change and tourism in Fiji. She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism and acts as a contributing author to the 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; she also represents Oceania/Southeast Asia on the WMO expert team on climate and tourism.

Prof. John Hay has nearly forty years work experience in academia, the private sector and governmental organisations, with a focus on bringing an interdisciplinary approach to the environmental sciences, to technical and policy-relevant assessments and to professional training in environmental science, engineering, technology, law, policy and management.  John is also the lead consultant in a UNWTO project on climate change and tourism in the Maldives.

 Editorial Advisory Board

•  Martin Beniston, Chair for Climate Research, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Virginia Burkett, US Geological Survey National Wetlands, USA
• Sami Grover, Director of Sustainability, The Change, Chapel Hill, USA
• Steve Hatfield Dodds, Research Director of the Social and Economic Integration Initiative, Canberra, Australia
• Nigel Jollands, Senior Adviser, International Energy Agent, Paris, France
• Jörg Linke, Project Leader, Climate Change Adaptation in Tunisia, Tunisia/Germany
• Nobuo Mumura, Director of the Institute for Global Change Adaptation Science, Ibaraki University, Japan
• Susanne C. Moser, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
• Andy Reisinger, Technical Support Unit for the IPCC Synthesis Report, India
• Stefan Gössling, Research Coordinator, Western Norway Research Institute, Norway and Department of Service Management, Lund University, Sweden

Call for Proposals

Proposed topics covered in this book series:

Please click here for details of how to submit a proposal. Proposals are invited to be sent for consideration to: