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Climate change and society: an introduction, Constance Lever-Tracy andBarrie Pittock Part 1: Understanding climate change 1. The science ofclimate change: knowledge, uncertainty and risk, Barrie Pittock 2. Climatechange: complexity and collaboration between the sciences, Ian Welsh Part 2:Social impacts on nature 3. Organisations and global warming, Charles Perrow4. Capitalism versus nature: eco-socialist approaches to the climate crisis,Dennis Soron 5. Ecological economics: the impact of unsustainable growth,Philip Lawn 6. Ecological economics: consumption drivers and impacts, IngeRopke Part 3: Natural impacts on society 7. Vulnerability and adaptation toclimate change, Robin Leichenko, Adelle Thomas and Mark Barnes 8. Ecologicalrationality, disaster, and the environmental education of leaders, RaymondMurphy 9. Case study: floods in Mumbai, Monalisa Chatterjee Part 4: Socialrecognition of climate change 10. Public opinion: a cross national view,Steven Brechin 11. Media presentations of climate change, Max Boykoff and JoeSmith 12. Case study: climate change reporting in Time magazine, Ray LoiPostscript, Constance Lever-Tracy 13. Religion, worldview and climate change,Lee Levett-Olson 14. Climate change denial: sources, actors and strategies,Riley E. Dunlap and Aaron M. McCright Part 5: Reducing emissions 15. Crisesand opportunities, Noel Tracy 16. Alternative scenarios: varieties ofcapitalism, Constance Lever-Tracy 17. Alternative scenarios: technologicaloptimism or low energy futures, Terry Leahy 18. Bio-fuels, Stephen Clarke,Dan Graiver and Sudirman Habibie 19. The nuclear option, Lee Clarke 20. Casestudy: agro-forestry in the Philippines, Lutgarda Tolentino, Leila Landicho,Catherine C De Luna and Rowena D Cabahug 21. Public opposition to renewableenergy, Claire Haggett 22. Behavioural insights: motivating individualemissions cuts through communication, David Ockwell, Saffron O'Neill andLorraine Whitmarsh Part 6: National and global policies 23. Climate changeand energy security in the European Union: from rhetoric to practice? KarinBackstrand 24. Case study: wind energy regulation in Germany and the UK,Shiufai Wong 25. Tipping point: crossroads for US climate policy, MarcusCarson and Mikael Roman 26. China's emissions: dangers and responses, Bo Miaoand Graeme Lang 27. Justice and the politics of climate change, Derek Bell28. International law responses to climate change, Hossein Esmaeili 29.Pushing past neo-liberalism: rethinking global climate change negotiations,Raymond Clemencon