Making Climate Change Work for Us: European Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies

List of contributing authors Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Part I. Concepts and Scenarios: 1. Climate policy and inter-linkages between adaptation and mitigation Henry Neufeldt 2. Climate change appraisal in the EU: current trends and future challenges Duncan Russell 3. Scenarios as the basis for assessment of mitigation and adaptation Detlef P. van Vuuren 4. National responsibilities for adaptation strategies: lessons from four modelling frameworks Asbjorn Aaheim 5. Learning to adapt: re-framing climate change adaptation Jochen Hinkel Part II. Strategies Within Europe: 6. How do climate policies work? Dilemmas in European climate governance Frans Berkhout 7. Transforming the European energy system Gunnar S. Eskeland 8. A risk management approach for assessing adaptation to changing flood and drought risks in Europe Reinhard Mechler 9. Mainstreaming adaptation in regional land use and water management Saskia E. Werners Part III. Strategies Beyond Europe: 10. Global climate governance after 2012: architecture, agency and adaptation Frank Biermann 11. The economics of low stabilisation: implications for technological change and policy Brigitte Knopf 12. Mainstreaming climate change in development cooperation policy: conditions for success Joyeeta Gupta 13. Insurance as part of a climate adaptation strategy Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer Part IV. Synthesis: 14. What can social science tell us about meeting the challenge of climate change? Five insights from five years that might make a difference Anthony Patt Appendix: description of models Index.