Business and Policy Solutions to Climate Change

This edited book aims to ignite both an academic and practitioner-oriented discussion regarding the question how the business and government sector can adapt to today's fast-changing climate. Specifically, the collection seeks to explore how businesses and policy makers can prepare for a world where freshwater is scarce, extreme weather events are common, floods and wildfires are frequent, and global sea levels rise by more than two meters. In addition to assessing incremental approaches, it explores strategies that employ interdisciplinary and innovative solutions to climate change adaptation.

The chapters included in this book examine and propose business and policy solutions for climate-induced economic, technical, urban, and societal challenges. It draws on an international range of prominent authors and, therefore, will be of interest for academics and practitioners working in the field of sustainability management, sustainable finance, sustainable operations management, food management, strategy, and environmental management. It can also serve as a valuable guide for practitioners and policymakers in those fields. Thomas Walker is a Full Professor and Concordia University Research Chair in Emerging Risk Management at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Canada. Stefan Wendt is a Full Professor and Dean of the Department of Business at Bifröst University, Iceland. Sherif Goubran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture (School of Sciences and Engineering) at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Tyler Schwartz is an MSc candidate studying data science and business analytics at HEC Montreal, Canada.

Auteur
Dr. Thomas Walker is a Professor of Finance, the Director and Academic Lead of the Emerging Risks Information Center (ERIC), the Director for the Jacques Ménard/BMO Center for Capital Markets Research, and the Concordia University Research Chair in Emerging Risk Management (Tier 1) at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He previously served as an Associate Dean, Department Chair, and Director of Concordia's David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise. Before his academic career, he worked for firms such as Mercedes Benz, KPMG, and Utility Consultants International. He has published over 70 journal articles and books. Dr. Stefan Wendt is a Professor and Dean of the Department of Business at Bifröst University, Iceland. Previously, he was Associate Professor at Reykjavik University, Iceland, and Research and Teaching Assistant at Bamberg University, Germany. His research covers corporate finance, financial markets, sustainable finance, digital finance, and behavioral finance. Dr. Sherif Goubran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture (School of Sciences and Engineering) at the American University in Cairo. His research focus includes building sustainability and sustainability assessment, sustainability in architectural design, and human approaches in design.

Tyler Schwartz is an MSc candidate at HEC Montreal studying data science and business analytics. Tyler completed his undergraduate degree at the John Molson School of Business, for which he received honors in finance. His research interests include predictive modeling, bio-statistics, sports analytics, and machine learning.

Contenu
Part 1.INTRODUCTION Chapter 1.Climate Change Adaptation: An Overview Chapter 2.Defining Net-Zero and Climate Recommendations for Carbon Offsetting Part 2.ECOLOGY AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT Chapter 3.Green Infrastructure Mapping for Adaptation, Biodiversity, and Health and Wellbeing: A Tool Development Case Study in Edinburgh Chapter 4.Agroecological Approaches for Climatic Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Experiences from the South to Encourage Direct Producer-Consumer Relationships Chapter 5.Sustainable Renaturation in Desertification Control: Expediting the Natural Succession of Large-Scale Vegetation in Drylands Part 3.FINANCE AND THE ECONOMY Chapter 6.Weaknesses in Corporate Commitments to ClimateChangeAdaptation and How to FixThem: A Systemic Scenario Assessment Approach Chapter 7.Climate Finance: A Business-Ethical Analysis Chapter 8.Risk-Rating GHG Emissions Offsets based on Climate Requirements Chapter 9.An Investigation of Climate Change within the Framework of a Schumpeterian Economic Growth Model Chapter 10.Culture, Economics, and Climate Change Adaptation Chapter 11.Investors' Adaptation to Climate Change: A Temporal Portfolio Choice Model with Diminishing Climate Duration Hazard Part 4.CITIES AND URBAN AREAS Chapter 12.Mainstreaming Adaptation into Urban Planning: Projects and Changes in Regulatory Frameworks for Resilient Cities Chapter 13.Path-Dependency as a Potential Cause for the Disjunction between Theory and Tools in the Modelled Reality of Sustainable Architecture Part 5.GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 14.Addressing Climate Change and Waste Management Problems through the Development of the Waste-to-Energy Value Chain for Trinidad and Tobago Chapter 15.The Role of Businesses in Climate Change Adaptation in the Arctic Chapter 16.Climate Risk on the Rise: Canada's Approach to Limiting Future Climate Impacts Chapter 17.Unlocking Climate Finance to Compensate Caribbean Small Island Developing States for Damages and Losses from Climate Change Chapter 18.Integrating Local and Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa