Climate Change and the 2030 Corporate Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Front Cover -- Climate Change and the 2030 Corporate Agenda for Sustainable Development -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Editorial Advisory Board -- List of Contributors -- Series Editor's Introduction -- References -- Climate Change and the 2030 Corporate Agenda for Sustainable Development -- Introduction -- Does the COP21 Mean the End of the Oil Age? -- The Challenges for the Paris Climate Agreement -- Then, What Is the Meaning of the Paris Climate Agreement for Business? -- References -- Climate Change and the Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Developing Countries -- Introduction -- Climate Change and the Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Developing Countries -- Climate Change and Tourism -- Tourism and Poverty -- Ensuring Equitable Implementation -- Conclusion -- References -- Inseparable Parts of Sustainability: Business, Climate Change, and Integrated Reporting -- Introduction -- Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Businesses -- Climate Change and Integrated Reporting -- Conclusion -- References -- Addressing Climate Change due to Emission of Greenhouse Gases Associated with the Oil and Gas Industry: Market-Based Regulation to the Rescue -- Introduction -- Market-Based Regulation -- Gas Flaring Regulation in the United Kingdom -- Emissions Trading -- The Flare Transfer Pilot Trading Scheme -- The UK Emission Trading Scheme -- Gas Flaring Regulation in Nigeria -- Pollution Charges -- Subsidies/Incentives -- Comparative Analysis of Market-Based Regulation Utilised in Regulating Gas Flaring in the United Kingdom in Relation to Nigeria -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Climate Change and Animal Health Risk -- Introduction -- Factors Responsible for Climate Change -- Factors that Cause Climate Change -- Natural Causes of Climate Change -- Human Causes of Climate Change -- Short- and Long-Lived Climate Forcers.

Climate Change and Animal Health Management -- The Impact of Climate Change on the Animal Health Management -- Climate Change and Animal Health -- Direct Impacts -- Indirect Impacts -- Effect of Climate Change on Infectious Diseases of Animals -- Vector Dynamic and Population with Climatic Change -- Vector-Borne Diseases -- Non-Vector-Borne Diseases -- Climate Change and Host-Pathogen-Vector Interactions -- Effects on Pathogens -- Effects on Hosts -- Effects on Vectors -- Effects on Epidemiology -- Effect on Animal Feed and Its Availability -- Other Indirect Effects -- Impact of Climate Change on the Zoonotic Diseases -- Global Warming and Zoonotic Disease -- Land Temperatures -- Ocean Temperatures, Sea Level, and Acidity -- Rainfall Patterns -- Soil Conditions -- Climate Change and One-Health Program -- Conclusions and Recommendation -- Summary -- References -- Maldivian Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Action in Tourism Sector: Lessons for the Sustainable Development Agenda -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Disaster Risk Management -- The Republic of Maldives -- Maldivian Economy and the Role of Tourism Sector -- Climate Change Vulnerabilities -- Adaptive Mechanisms from Maldivian Disaster Risk Management -- Conclusion -- References -- The Business Case for Climate Change: The Impact of Climate Change on Kenya's Public Listed Companies -- Introduction -- Purpose/Objectives of the Study -- Research Questions or Hypotheses -- The "Hockey Stick" Effect of Global Warming -- Anthropogenic: Caused by Humans, Solution by Humans -- History of Climate Change Bodies -- Climate Change and Industrial Development -- Extreme Weather: A Pointer to Global Effects of Climate Change -- Climate Change Effects in Developing World and Africa -- Climate Change and Business Scenario in Kenya -- Research Methodology -- Data Analysis and Findings.

Testing of Hypotheses -- First Hypothesis -- Second Hypothesis -- Discussions, Conclusions, and Recommendations -- Discussions -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- References -- Company Policies to Adapt Climate Change Plan: A Case Study on Turkey -- Introduction -- Climate Change -- Adaptation Process to Climate Change -- Climate Change Adaptation -- Turkey's Action Plan -- Efforts in Sustainability Reports about Climate Change in Turkey's Companies -- Conclusion -- References -- Internet -- Hidroaysén Case: Building dams in Chile's Patagonia Region -- Hidroaysén Case - The Context in 2012 -- Hidroaysén Project -- History -- Engineering -- Environmental -- Political and Economic Situation in Chile -- Energy Industry in Chile -- Spot Prices -- Financials -- Decision to Make -- Afterword -- References -- Indonesia's Forestry Policy at a Crossroads in the Sustainable Development Approach: A Case Study on the Forest Moratorium, 2011-2014 -- Introduction -- Sustainable Development Approach -- Inherent Problems in the Sustainable Development Approach -- Case Study -- The Forest Moratorium, 2011-2014 -- Sustainable Development Operativeness in the Forest Moratorium -- First Principle: Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Policy -- Second Principle: Access to Information and Development of Appropriate Technologies for its Dissemination -- Third Principle: Integration of the Environment and Development -- Indonesia, 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement -- Concluding Remarks -- Toward a Constant Rethinking of Sustainable Development -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Creation and Shaping of the Global Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Market -- Introduction -- Solar PV Actors -- Other Business Actors -- Consumers -- Utilities -- Fossil Fuels -- Nuclear Energy -- Other Renewables -- Electronics and Silicon -- Financers.

Politicians -- Legislation -- Finance to Research and Commercialization of Solar PV -- Creating and Facilitating Demand -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- About the Authors.

This volume explores the meaning of the Paris Climate Agreement 2015 for business; it analyses its challenges and implications, and establishes required actions by the private sector in order to address climate change. We include contributions from diverse locations and disciplines on the challenges this poses for businesses across the globe.

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