Overview

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Ireland’s response to the climate crisis. The contributions, written by leading scholars across a range of disciplines in the social sciences, humanities and beyond, shed light on diverse aspects of the climate crisis, the factors shaping Ireland’s response, and prospects for the future. Long regarded as a ‘climate laggard’, Ireland’s response to the urgent societal challenge of climate change has seen new momentum in recent times. The volume will serve as a key reference point for academics, students, policymakers, and a wide range of stakeholders. It will be of interest to readers within Ireland, as well as further afield, who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the constraints on, and opportunities for, successful climate action in Ireland.  

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Author:   David Robbins ,  Diarmuid Torney ,  Pat Brereton
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2020 ed.
Weight:   0.598kg
ISBN:  

9783030475864

ISBN 10:   3030475867
Pages:   311
Publication Date:   25 September 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Climate change in Ireland: Science, Impacts and Adaptation.- 3. Ireland’s Policy Response to Climate Change: an Historical Overview.- 4. Climate Litigation, Politics and Policy Change: Lessons from Urgenda and Climate Case Ireland.- 5. Climate Law in Ireland: EU and National Dimensions.- 6. The Party Politics of Climate Change in Ireland.- 7. Responding to Climate Change: the Role of Local Government in Ireland.- 8. Ecological Modernisation, Irish-style: Explaining Ireland’s Slow Transition to a Low Carbon Society.- 9. Challenges and potentials for socio-ecological transformation: Considering Structural Aspects of Change.- 10. Climate Change and the Media.- 11. Cultural and Visual Responses to Climate Change: Ecological Reading of Irish Zombie Movies.-12. Community Engagement and Community Energy.- 13. Climate Change Education in Ireland: Emerging Practice in a Context of Resistance.- 14. Climate Action via Just Transition Across the Island of Ireland: Labour, Land and the Low Carbon Transition.- 15. The Changing Faces of the Climate Movement in Ireland.- 16. Cloughjordan Ecovillage: Community-led transitioning to a low-carbon future.

Reviews

This book aspires to be a comprehensive read on the climate crisis in Ireland ... . This is the best examination of the climate crisis in Ireland yet written. It offers new arguments and angles of interpretation to those already well versed in this subject. It is an essential text for anyone who seeks to understand the crisis and our possible responses. (Ciara Murphy, Studies, An Irish Quarterly Review, Vol. 112 (445), 2023)

Author Information

David Robbins is Assistant Professor in the School of Communications at Dublin City University, Ireland. Diarmuid Torney is Associate Professor in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University, Ireland. Pat Brereton is Professor in the School of Communications at Dublin City University, Ireland.   

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