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This open access book brings together a collection of cutting-edge insights into how action can and is already being taken against climate change at multiple levels of our societies, amidst growing calls for transformative and inclusive climate action. In an era of increasing recognition regarding climate and ecological breakdown, this book offers hope, inspiration and analyses for multi-level climate action, spanning varied communities, places, spaces, agents and disciplines, demonstrating how the energy and dynamism of local scales are a powerful resource in turning the tide. Interconnected yet conceptually distinct, the book’s three sections span multiple levels of analysis, interrogating diverse perspectives and practices inherent to the vivid tapestry of climate action emerging locally, nationally and internationally. Delivered in collaboration with the UK’s ‘Place-Based Climate Action Network’, chapters are drawn from a wide range of authors with varying backgrounds spread across academia, policy and practice.

Central government policies --- Sociology --- Meteorology & climatology --- Environmental management --- Sustainability --- Geography --- Open Access --- climate change --- climate emergency --- praxis --- community --- theory --- practice --- climate action --- local climate praxis --- community engagement --- sustainable business models --- climate crisis --- community climate action

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The start of the new millennium will be remembered for deadly climate-related disasters - the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Super Storm Sandy in the United States in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, to name a few. In 2014, 17.5 million people were displaced by climate-related disasters, ten times more than the 1.7 million displaced by geophysical hazards. What is causing the increase in natural disasters and what effect does it have on the economy? Climate Change and Natural Disasters sends three messages: human-made factors exert a growing influence on climate-related disasters; because of the link to anthropogenic factors, there is a pressing need for climate mitigation; and prevention, including climate adaptation, ought not to be viewed as a cost to economic growth but as an investment. Ultimately, attention to climate-related disasters, arguably the most tangible manifestation of global warming, may help mobilize broader climate action. It can also be instrumental in transitioning to a path of low-carbon, green growth, improving disaster resilience, improving natural resource use, and caring for the urban environment. Vinod Thomas proposes that economic growth will become sustainable only if governments, political actors, and local communities combine natural disaster prevention and controlling climate change into national growth strategies. When considering all types of capital, particularly human capital, climate action can drive economic growth, rather than hinder it.

Climate change mitigation --- Climatic changes --- Natural disasters --- Environmental economics. --- Sustainable development. --- Economic aspects. --- Climate action --- Climate adaptation --- Climate change --- Climate mitigation --- Climate prevention --- Climate-related disasters --- Economy --- Global warming --- National growth strategies --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Economics --- Environmental quality --- Natural calamities --- Disasters --- Climatic mitigation --- Mitigation of climate change --- Environmental protection --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Mitigation

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This open access volume draws on a multidimensional model of educational change, the book reviews the field of climate change education and identifies some of the areas in which past efforts have fallen short in supporting effective pedagogical change at scale. It then formulates an approach to engage university students and faculty in partnering with schools and adult education institutions and directly contribute innovative curricula on climate change. The approach is illustrated with several case studies which present curricula developed to support school-based innovation in the Middle East and in Guatemala, and adult education in Haiti and Pakistan, and educators preparation at the university level. The approach followed to develop innovative curriculum follows five steps: 1) What are the specific impacts of climate change in this jurisdiction? How do they impact various human populations? 2) What knowledge, dispositions and behaviors could mitigate the impact of climate change and are there ways in which changes in the behaviors of populations in this jurisdiction could slow down climate change? 3) What are the means of delivery to reach each of the specific populations in this jurisdiction who needs to be educated on climate change? 4) What curriculum can help educate each population? 5) What role can the institution we are collaborating with play in advancing climate change education in that jurisdiction? The various chapters of the book present the conceptual foundation of these programs and illustrate how these programs respond to specific characteristics of local contexts. These programs focus in schools, non-formal settings and educator preparation institutions. The chapters offer examples of general value beyond the specific contexts for which they were designed, as they illustrate how in order to be optimally useful climate change education needs to be firmly grounded in the specifics of a context and responsive to that context.

Environmental education. --- Curriculums (Courses of study). --- Education—Curricula. --- Educational policy. --- Education and state. --- Science education. --- International education . --- Comparative education. --- Higher education. --- Environmental and Sustainability Education. --- Curriculum Studies. --- Educational Policy and Politics. --- Science Education. --- International and Comparative Education. --- Higher Education. --- Science education --- Scientific education --- Global education --- Education --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism --- Education policy --- Educational policy --- State and education --- Social policy --- Endowment of research --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Universities and colleges --- Education, Comparative --- Core curriculum --- Courses of study --- Curricula (Courses of study) --- Curriculums (Courses of study) --- Schools --- Study, Courses of --- Instructional systems --- Government policy --- History --- Curricula --- Environmental and Sustainability Education --- Curriculum Studies --- Educational Policy and Politics --- Science Education --- International and Comparative Education --- Higher Education --- Open access --- climate change education --- Sustainability Studies --- Curriculum Reform --- Comparative Education --- Education Policy --- Educational Change --- twenty first century education --- climate education strategies --- integrating climate change education --- university climate change education --- climate change education strategies --- Climate Action in Guatemala --- Sustainability --- Curriculum planning & development --- Educational strategies & policy --- Teaching of a specific subject --- Science: general issues --- Higher & further education, tertiary education

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Indigenous peoples, in Taiwan and worldwide, need to come up with various ways to cope with and adapt to rapid environmental change. This edited book, which is a follow-up to a conference entitled “Climate Change, Indigenous Resilience and Local Knowledge Systems: Cross-time and Cross-boundary Perspectives” organized by the Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, presents 16 papers which explore the various dimensions of Indigenous resilience to climate change and disasters in Taiwan and other regions in the world. This book explores the interrelated themes of climate change and Indigenous knowledge-based responses, and Indigenous (community) resilience with specific reference to Typhoon Morakot and beyond. The goals of this book are to discuss the international experience with Indigenous resilience; to review Indigenous knowledge for adaptation to climate change and disasters; and to generate a conversation among scholars, Indigenous peoples, and policy-makers to move the agenda forward. This book focusses on Indigenous resilience, the ways in which cultural factors such as knowledge and learning, along with the broader political ecology, determine how local and Indigenous people understand, deal with, and adapt to environmental change.

relocation --- post-disaster recovery --- cultural tourism --- build back better --- community-based tourism --- climate change --- country --- coupled human and natural systems --- Decoloniality --- geographical scale --- indigenous peoples --- ontological pluralism --- ontological and existential risk --- social and environmental justice --- policy narratives --- resilience --- climate finance --- rural development --- media --- participation --- development projects --- Pacific --- Malaita --- indigenous people --- social-ecological system --- Taiwan --- A’tolan --- Amis people --- freediving spearfishing --- CBNRM --- TEK --- Southeast Asia --- aggravation of climate change impact --- climatic change discourse --- local and indigenous knowledge systems --- adaptation --- barriers --- drought --- ecosystem products --- enablers --- indigenous and local knowledge systems --- semi-arid areas --- transformation --- Indigenous science --- Indigenous community --- self-determination --- sustainability --- Indigenous peoples --- traditional ecological knowledge --- decolonizing methodologies --- Acknowledgement of Country --- Indigenous geographies --- Tayal people --- situated resilience --- Pranata Mangsa --- local and scientific knowledge --- LINKS --- community resilience --- climate action --- bio-cultural diversity --- millet varieties --- indigenous and local knowledge --- indigenous food sovereignty --- climate change adaptation and mitigation --- local and Indigenous knowledge systems --- South Pacific Island States --- anthropology of climate change --- meta-ethnography --- global climate change --- bibliometric analysis --- Typhoon Morakot --- indigenous knowledge --- Tayal people in Taiwan --- Taiwanese indigenous studies --- cultural heritage --- heritagization --- ecotourism --- indigenous food culture --- weaving --- solidarity economy --- alternative development --- n/a --- A'tolan