Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Titumir, Rashed Al Mahmud (ed.), Sundarbans and its Ecosystem Services: Traditional Knowledge, Customary Sustainable Use and Community Based Innovation. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 160 pp. 2022:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-928>
ISBN 978-981-19-2999-1 hard ¥24,306.- (税込) EUR 99.99

This edited volume focuses on the largest single tract contiguous mangrove forest in the world- the Sundarbans- exploring traditional knowledge, customary sustainable use and community-based innovation. The book analyses the current state of the Sundarbans, its multiple values and ecosystem services, to demonstrate that Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is essential for the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Not only does this play an integral role in realising SDG 14 (life below water) and SDG 15 (life on land), it also actively contributes towards achieving many other goals and targets. It contributes a new understanding of sustainability by bringing human-nature relationships in view of the renewed interest in biodiversity and climate change- heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The book links scientific knowledge with multi, inter, trans- disciplinary nature of ILK for sustainable development collected from the ground. It challenges the market-based approach in valuing the natural resources, and demonstrates that the valuation of environmental resources through market penetration pricing does not reckon the social benefits and values coproduced through complementarity between humans and nature.

Ebhuoma, Eromose E. / Leonard, Llewellyn (eds.), Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Governance: A Sub-Saharan African Perspective. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 215 pp. 2022:6 (Springer, GW) <682-953>
ISBN 978-3-030-99410-5 hard ¥38,892.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book investigates indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in sub-Saharan Africa, thereby highlighting its role in facilitating adaptation to climate variability and change, and also demystifying the challenges that prevent it from being integrated with scientific knowledge in climate governance schemes. Indigenous people and their priceless knowledge rarely feature when decision-makers prepare for future climate change. This book showcases how Indigenous knowledge facilitates adaptation to climate change, including how collaborations with scientific knowledge have cascaded into building people's resilience to climatic risks. This book also pays delicate attention to the factors fueling epistemic injustice towards Indigenous knowledge, which hampers it from featuring in climate governance schemes across sub-Saharan Africa. The key insights shared in this book illuminate the issues that contribute meaningfully towards the actualisation of the UN SDG 13 and promote mechanisms forraising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in sub-Saharan Africa.

Alsford, Niki (ed.), Pacific Voices and Climate Change. 160 pp. 2022:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-979>
ISBN 978-3-030-98459-5 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book provides a comprehensive overview of issues related to climate change in the Pacific and will be an invaluable reference for those working in this important field. Climate change represents humanity’s greatest threat. The vastness of the Pacific means that no two experiences are the same. This edited volume identifies research that highlights the local impact of climate change on the islands and coastlines of the Pacific. The authors use current research to document climate change via contextually informed studies that engages with local cultures, histories, knowledges, and communities. The transdisciplinary nature and the combination of both academic and non-academic writing makes this book an accessible and important contribution to the field.

Barnett, Joshua Trey, Mourning in the Anthropocene: Ecological Grief and Earthly Coexistence. 272 pp. 2022:8 (Michigan State U. Pr., US) <682-981>
ISBN 978-1-61186-434-2 paper ¥8,066.- (税込) US$ 35.95 *

Enormous ecological losses and profound planetary transformations mean that ours is a time to grieve beyond the human. Yet, Joshua Trey Barnett argues in this eloquent and urgent book, our capacity to grieve for more-than-human others is neither natural nor inevitable. Weaving together personal narratives, theoretical meditations, and insightful readings of cultural artifacts, he suggests that ecological grief is best understood as a rhetorical achievement. As a collection of worldmaking practices, rhetoric makes things matter, bestows value, directs attention, generates knowledge, and foments feelings. By dwelling on three rhetorical practices-naming, archiving, and making visible-Barnett shows how they prepare us to grieve past, present, and future ecological losses. Simultaneously diagnostic and prescriptive, this book reveals rhetorical practices that set our ecological grief into motion and illuminates pathways to more connected, caring earthly coexistence.

Boswell, Rosabelle / O'Kane, David / Hills, Jeremy (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Blue Heritage. 487 pp. 2022:6 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-982>
ISBN 978-3-030-99346-7 hard ¥55,909.- (税込) EUR 229.99

This handbook is unique in its consideration of social and cultural contributions to sustainable oceans management. It is also unique in its deconstruction of the hegemonic value attached to the oceans and in its analysis of discourses regarding what national governments in the Global South should prioritise in their oceans management strategy. Offering a historical perspective from the start, the handbook reflects on the confluence of (western) scientific discourse and colonialism, and the impact of this on indigenous conceptions of the oceans and on social identity. With regard to the latter, the authors are mindful of the nationalisation of island territories worldwide and the impact of this process on regional collaboration, cultural exchange and the valuation of the oceans. Focusing on global examples, the handbook offers a nuanced, region relevant, contemporary conceptualisation of blue heritage, discussing what will be required to achieve an inclusive oceans economy by 2063, the end goal date of the African Union's Agenda 2063. The analysis will be useful to established academics in the field of ocean studies, policymakers and practitioners engaged in research on the ocean economy, as well as graduate scholars in the ocean sciences.

Chow, Jeremy (ed.), Eighteenth-Century Environmental Humanities. (Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650 - 1850) 230 pp. 2022:11 (Bucknell U. Pr., US) <682-984>
ISBN 978-1-68448-429-4 hard ¥33,660.- (税込) US$ 150.00 *
ISBN 978-1-68448-428-7 paper ¥9,412.- (税込) US$ 41.95 *

This groundbreaking new volume unites eighteenth-century studies and the environmental humanities, showcasing how these fields can vibrantly benefit one another. In eleven chapters that engage a variety of eighteenth-century texts, contributors explore timely themes and topics such as climate change, new materialisms, the blue humanities, indigeneity and decoloniality, and green utopianism. Additionally, each chapter reflects on pedagogical concerns, asking: How do we teach eighteenth-century environmental humanities? With particular attention to the voices of early-career scholars who bring cutting-edge perspectives, these essays highlight vital and innovative trends that can enrich both disciplines, making them essential for classroom use.

Dempsey, Dave, Half Wild: People, Dogs, and Environmental Policy. 114 pp. 2022:9 (Michigan State U. Pr., US) <682-985>
ISBN 978-1-61186-443-4 paper ¥6,271.- (税込) US$ 27.95 *

Humans and canines have been cohabitating for centuries, straddling a boundary that allows us to live together within and across our species. In this empathetic volume, author Dave Dempsey explores this life on the border, the overlapping planes between humans and the nonhuman world that lead to both magnificent creation and appalling destruction. Dempsey's forty-year career as an environmentalist gives this book a nuanced context that could only be afforded by someone who has lived a half-wild existence himself, both defending and expanding the range of protections afforded to other species. As the former environmental advisor to Michigan Governor James J. Blanchard, Dempsey's recollections also provide a unique perspective on the history of environmental policy, ruminating on how such policy reflects the way we understand ourselves in relation to the environment. Through vignettes that recall personal stories and those that outline historical events that influenced policymaking, Dempsey calls attention to the philosophical question of how we as humans relate to animals and our environment.

Dunlap, Alexander / Brock, Andrea (eds.), Enforcing Ecocide: Power, Policing & Planetary Militarization. 336 pp. 2022:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-987>
ISBN 978-3-030-99645-1 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

Policing and ecological crises - and all the inequalities, discrimination, and violence they entail - are pressing contemporary problems. Ecological degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change threaten local communities and ecosystems, and, cumulatively, the planet as a whole. Police brutality, wars, paramilitarism, private security operations, and securitization more widely impact people - especially people of colour - and habitats. This edited collection explores their relationship, and investigates the numerous ways in which police, security, and military forces intersect with, reinforce, and facilitate ecological and climate catastrophe. Employing a case study-based approach, the book examines the relationships and entanglements between policing and ecosystems, revealing the intimate connection between political violence and ecological degradation.

Erickson, Paul A., Effective Environmental Emergency Responses: A Holistic Response. 189 pp. 2022:8 (Springer, GW) <682-989>
ISBN 978-3-031-05892-9 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book focuses on the variety of subsequent consequences that may follow the conclusion of the immediate emergency response effort, consequences that require multi-disciplinary efforts and most likely may require a revamping of the historical interplay of national and other political authorities. The book is essentially a critique of contemporary emergency response which, in both the public perception and, unfortunately, in the mind-set of many practicing professionals emphasizes an emergency as a singular event. It is a mistaken view: an emergency is actually a sequence of multiple, singular events that unfold over time, sometimes measured in days and weeks and, most often, in months, years and decades. This book focuses on the need, in the current and recent past generation to revamp our thinking about planning for and responding comprehensively to those periodic disruptions to daily routine we call "emergencies".

Fritzboger, Bo, Sustainable Development of Denmark in the World, 1970-2020: A Critical Introduction. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 408 pp. 2022:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-990>
ISBN 978-3-030-98292-8 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99 *

This book provides a holistic overview of the history of sustainable development in Denmark over the last fifty years, covering a host of issues central to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): ending poverty; ensuring inclusive and equitable education; reducing inequality; making cities and settlements inclusive, safe and resilient; and fostering responsible production and consumption patterns, to name a few. It argues for a new framework of sustainability history, one that is truly global in outlook. As such, it explores what truly global sustainable development would look like. It considers how economic growth has been the driver for prosperity in the global north, and considers whether sustainable development and continued economic growth are irreconcilable, and what the future of sustainable development initiatives in Denmark might look like.

Kleppe, Sandra Lee / Sorby, Angela (eds.), Poetry and Sustainability in Education. (Palgrave Studies in Education and the Environment) 322 pp. 2022:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-993>
ISBN 978-3-030-95575-5 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This edited collection offers educators at all levels a range of practical and theoretical approaches to teaching poetry in the context of environmental sustainability. The contributors are keenly aware of the urgency facing the planet's ecosystems-ecosystems which include all of us-and this volume makes the case that teaching poetry is not a luxury. Each of the book's three sections works from a specific angle and register. Part I focuses on pragmatic approaches to classroom activities and curricular choices; Part II considers policies and politics, including the role of the UN's Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) program; and Part III takes a widescreen view, exploring the philosophical issues that arise when poems are integrated into sustainability curricula. This book exemplifies how poetry empowers readers to think imaginatively about how to sustain-and why to sustain-our world, its resources, and its beauty.

Kaeaepae, Pietari / Vaughan, Hunter (eds.), Film and Television Production in the Age of Climate Crisis: Towards a Greener Screen. (Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication) 255 pp. 2022:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-994>
ISBN 978-3-030-98119-8 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This volume brings together a range of voices from across the global environmental media community to discuss film and television production in the era of climate change. It?builds a comparative international set of perspectives and the methodological flexibility necessary to accommodate environmental incentives that vary by culture and the material ecology of specific localities. Through this, it provides a necessary intervention in environmental media studies that actively foregrounds media infrastructure, production, policy, and labour ? that is, the management of media production cultures.

Lonergan, Eric / Sawers, Corinne, Supercharge Me: Net Zero Faster. 232 pp. 2022:2 (Agenda Pub., UK) <682-995>
ISBN 978-1-78821-519-0 paper ¥3,743.- (税込) GB￡ 12.99 *

Almost everyone agrees on the need to transition the global economy to net zero. But how do we do it? And how do we do it faster? If you feel demoralized, depressed or confused about the climate crisis this book will provide answers - and ones that don't involve punishing lifestyle changes, the end of capitalism, or a much higher tax bill. Supercharge Me is grounded in relentless realism about how governments, businesses and individuals actually behave. It draws lessons from what has worked so far: extreme positive incentives and smart regulations. Through a series of fast-paced dialogues, the authors introduce practical ideas for change that will embolden activists, reinvigorate the disheartened, and reframe the climate crisis as an opportunity.

野口扶美子著　地方コミュニティのコンテクストにおける持続可能な開発のための教育再考
Noguchi, Fumiko, Rethinking Education for Sustainable Development in a Local Community Context. (Education for Sustainability 6) 139 pp. 2022:8 (Springer, GW) <682-996>
ISBN 978-981-16-9463-9 hard ¥36,461.- (税込) EUR 149.99 *

This book bridges the gap between Education for Sustainable Development and community development and examines the contributions of critical environmental education as a theoretical framework to the policy, research, and practice of Education for Sustainable Development. The book investigates what Education for Sustainable Development really means when it happens from the perspectives of a marginalized individual at the very bottom of society in a local community, where there is no such 'educational' institution, no policy or no curriculum to support the effort, but there is the necessity of learning and empowerment for changing the situation. In particular, drawing on the experience of the indigenous Ainu fisherman, it critically examines the theoretical foundation of Education for Sustainable Development, critical environmental education, investigating methodologically and epistemologically the relevance and efficacy of critical environmental education to socially critical approaches to Education for Sustainable Development in a community development context. And this investigation leads to develop a praxis framework for socially critical Education for Sustainable Development in a community development context so that both fields would be mutually supportive to strengthen the practices.

Pavlova, Margarita / Singh, Madhu (eds.), Recognizing Green Skills Through Non-formal Learning: A Comparative Study in Asia. (Education for Sustainability 5) 388 pp. 2022:8 (Springer, GW) <682-997>
ISBN 978-981-19-2071-4 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This open access book looks into the roles and practices of small and micro-enterprises in formal and informal economies across seven countries and one territory in terms of how they contribute to environmental and sustainable development and green skills promotion. By taking into account the perspectives in these four sectors, catering, automotive, waste management and polyvinyl chloride production, this book maps environmental green practices in the region, identifying mechanisms used to assess existing skills (i.e. knowledge, skills and competencies), and evaluating the potential for green skills inclusion in recognition, validation and accreditation.

Plueschke-Altof, Bianka / Soovaeli-Sepping, Helen (eds.), Whose Green City?: Contested Urban Green Spaces and Environmental Justice in Northern Europe. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 316 pp. 2022:9 (Springer, GW) <682-998>
ISBN 978-3-031-04635-3 hard ¥24,306.- (税込) EUR 99.99

Against the backdrop of an accelerating global urbanization and related ecological, climatic or social challenges to urban sustainability, this book focuses on the access to "safe, inclusive and accessible green and public space" as outlined in United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal No. 11. Looking through the lens of environmental justice and contested urban spaces, it raises the question who ultimately benefits from a green city development, and - even more importantly - who does not. While green space benefits are well-documented, green space provision is faced by multiple challenges in an era of urban neoliberalism. With their interdisciplinary and multi-method approach, the chapters in this book carefully study the different dimensions of green space access with particular focus on vulnerable groups, critically evaluate cases of procedural injustice and, in the case of Northern Europe that is often seen as forerunner of urban sustainability, provide in-depth studies on the contexts of injustices in urban greening. Chapters 1, 5, and 6 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Raisbeck, Peter, Architects, Sustainability and the Climate Emergency: A Political Ecology. 284 pp. 2022:11 (Emerald, UK) <682-999>
ISBN 978-1-80382-292-1 hard ¥22,440.- (税込) US$ 100.00 *

The promises, dreams and hopes of architects for future cities are now inextricably linked to climate change. Architects, Sustainability and the Climate Emergency: A Political Ecology chronicles how architects have shaped their ideas of the city-and sustainability-as knowledge of the climate emergency has unfolded. Have architects responded to the climate crisis too slowly? Describing a political ecology of architecture, Peter Raisbeck draws on architectural history, theory and practice, and the climate imaginaries of architects themselves. This exploration indicates how architects have viewed the climate emergency and positions architecture alongside the politics of climate and development studies. Raisbeck questions to what degree the traditional agency of architects leads to a political authority isolated from nature, human-environment systems and the nonhuman ecological subjects rapidly approaching tipping points. The fluidity of the climate emergency itself and its unfolding relationship to architectural knowledge suggests that new approaches, agencies and subjectivities are urgently required. As architects struggle to respond to the climate emergency, this book is an important and timely contribution to sustainability, climate and development debates. Architects, Sustainability and the Climate Emergency: A Political Ecology is a necessary provocation of a critical topic.

Smith, Ian A. / Ferkany, Matt (eds.), Environmental Ethics in the Midwest: Interdisciplinary Approaches. 270 pp. 2022:12 (Michigan State U. Pr., US) <682-82>
ISBN 978-1-61186-442-7 paper ¥10,085.- (税込) US$ 44.95

The American Midwest is environmentally rich and complex, home to some of the world's largest freshwater lakes and streams as well as cities, prairies, forests, and farmlands. Nevertheless, the unique environmental opportunities and challenges the region presents have been left underappreciated and underexplored by environmental ethicists. The close integration of the natural and built environments of the Midwest prompts interdisciplinary inquiry in a particularly pointed way. To remedy the lack of scholarly attention to this area, this volume attends to the way that the broad concerns of environmental ethics manifest in the region. These eight original essays cover a wide range of topics, including agrarian ethics and Stoicism; the Dakota access pipeline and Indigenous women's activism; philosophy of law and species classification; environmental justice and the Flint water crisis; hog farming and antimicrobial drug resistance; science education standards and climate change education; virtue ethics and ecological restoration; environmental pragmatism and the Clean Water Act; and more. Each accessibly written chapter brings multidisciplinary complexity to bear on this complex region. The authors include philosophers working in environmental ethics and other subfields of philosophy, and together with scholars in fields such as environmental sociology, American Indian studies, and environmental studies, they provide a fresh and necessary perspective on the American Midwest.

Donovan, Josephine, Animals, Mind, and Matter: The Inside Story. (The Animal Turn) 148 pp. 2022:10 (Michigan State U. Pr., US) <682-69>
ISBN 978-1-61186-437-3 paper ¥8,963.- (税込) US$ 39.95 *

It's no secret that animals are considered objects in the fields of law, commerce, and science, characterized as property and commodities. Animals, Mind, and Matter: The Inside Story challenges this ascription and establishes that animals are living subjects, who have minds and opinions of their own and care about what happens to them. Donovan contends that animals' voices or standpoints should be part of any human decisions concerning their ethical treatment. Elaborating on feminist care theory and critical animal standpoint theory, the author provides compelling evidence for animal subjectivity, exploring in the process the nature of subjectivity and consciousness while drawing from recent developments in quantum and emergence theories that point away from the dominant ontology of Cartesian objectivism. Through these explorations, Donovan proposes that a new narrative is emerging in the arts and sciences-an inside story that re-subjectifies natural life and leaves behind the deadening Midas touch of Cartesian objectivism.

Harrington, Alexandra R., Just Transitions and the Future of Law and Regulation. (Palgrave Studies in Environmental Transformation, Transition and Accountability) 228 pp. 2022:6 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-545>
ISBN 978-3-031-06181-3 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of how national and international efforts to achieve carbon neutrality have been embraced as necessary to meet the requirements of the Paris Agreement as well as the needs of the planet. The authors explore the increasing tensions between aspirations and entrenched practices as methods to implement carbon neutrality are devised, particularly at the national and sub-national levels. This is perhaps best typified by efforts to shift from "dirty" energy production, such as coal, to greener alternatives, which are often supported in laws and rules but opposed by society. To bridge this void, the concept of just transitions has increasingly come to the forefront of international and national focus yet is often poorly understood. This book examines the ways in which just transitions have been proposed as a legal and regulatory bridge to address issues that result in societal resistance to implementation. It uses past and existing practice studiesof just transitions before providing an analysis of how just transitions can be used to not only to assist in the shift to carbon neutrality but also in new shifts such as those caused by the Covid-19 pandemic impacts on economy, environment and society, and to address future global challenges.

イタリアのワインの歴史－19～21世紀における文化、経済、環境
Vaquero Pineiro, Manuel / Tedeschi, Paolo / Maffi, Luciano, A History of Italian Wine: Culture, Economics, and Environment in the Nineteenth through Twenty-First Centuries. 242 pp. 2022:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-320>
ISBN 978-3-031-06096-0 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99 *

This book analyzes the evolution of Italian viticulture and winemaking from the 1860s to the new Millennium. During this period the Italian wine sector experienced a profound modernization, renovating itself and adapting its products to international trends, progressively building the current excellent reputation of Italian wine in the world market.Using unpublished sources and a vast bibliography, authors highlight the main factors favoring this evolution: public institutional support to viticulture; the birth and the growth of Italian wine entrepreneurship; the improvement in quality of the winemaking processes; the increasing relevance of viticulture and winemaking in Italian agricultural production and export; and the emergence of wine as a cultural product.

Arce, Moises / Hendricks, Michael S. / Polizzi, M. S., The Roots of Engagement: Understanding Opposition and Support for Resource Extraction. (Studies in Comparative Energy and Environmental Politics) 224 pp. 2022:10 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <682-237>
ISBN 978-0-19-763967-2 hard ¥20,196.- (税込) US$ 90.00 *

In recent years, emerging economies in the Global South have increased the overall demand for raw materials and bolstered the price of oil, minerals, and other commodities. As a result, resource-rich countries in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa have experienced an important economic bonanza and reduced levels of poverty and inequality. However, for communities living near the extractive frontier, mining has caused serious environmental degradation, and many in these communities have protested local extractive industries. Departing from the existing literature, The Roots of Engagement examines the individual-level factors that shape a person's opinions over resource extraction. It looks at what makes some individuals accept extractive activities close to their homes, while other individuals strongly reject them. Moreover, it asks why some individuals focus on the potential benefits of employment and local development, while other individuals focus on the defense of livelihoods and the ecological risks associated with mining. Moises Arce, Michael S. Hendricks, and Marc S. Polizzi find that an individual's level of social engagement--defined by a person's participation in local organizations--is critical for understanding these differences. The greater the participation in local organizations, they argue, the greater the rejection of proposed mining activities. This individual-level approach unveils the fluidity of attitudes over resource extraction, even in areas that appear uniformly opposed to mining; the processes of attitude formation rooted in micro-politics and collective behaviors; and a cross-regional perspective on campaigns against mining. Based on three original public opinion surveys and interviews conducted in Tia Maria in Peru, Fuleni in South Africa, and Rancho Grande in Nicaragua, The Roots of Engagement is the first book to measure social engagement in organizations and its connection to attitudes about extraction and development.

Butler, Catherine, Energy Poverty, Practice, and Policy. (Progressive Energy Policy) 140 pp. 2022:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-238>
ISBN 978-3-030-99431-0 hard ¥12,151.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This Open Access book examines the implications of welfare policy for energy poverty and engages with key conceptual debates at the forefront of energy demand research. Academic work on energy poverty has rarely been brought into conversation with practice-theory-based approaches to energy use and sustainability. This book reveals how novel insights can be made visible through combining these different ways of thinking about energy demand issues. It presents a distinctive approach to energy poverty that places inequalities at the heart of debates about the advancing energy intensity of contemporary societies.

Wood, Geoffrey / Neira-Castro, Juan Felipe (eds.), From Fossil Fuels to Low Carbon Energy Transition: New Regulatory Trends In Latin America. (Energy, Climate and the Environment) 187 pp. 2022:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-242>
ISBN 978-3-031-00298-4 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99

Focusing on five key themes - hydrocarbons, electricity, mining, social license to operate, and arbitration/dispute resolution- via in-depth country and regional case studies, this book seeks to capture the contrasting and sometimes conflicting trends in energy governance in Latin America as it wrestles with a dependence on fossil fuels whilst shifting toward a low carbon future. Energy transition continues to sit at the centre of the Latin American policy debate as the world continues to push for carbon neutrality by 2050. Latin America is undergoing a renewable energy transition, with substantial reserves (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal) and many countries in the region setting ambitious renewable energy policies, laws, and regulations to address climate change. However, recent initiatives to promote renewables must be placed in context. Historically, Latin America has developed and improved its economic and social standards due primarily to an economy based on the extractive industries and fossil fuels. This places renewables at the crossroads of multiple drivers, as the region seek to ensure security of supply, attract investment, and facilitate a low carbon energy transition.

Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad / Hyun, Suk (eds.), Green Digital Finance and Sustainable Development Goals. (Economics, Law, and Institutions in Asia Pacific) 366 pp. 2022 (Springer, GW) <682-177>
ISBN 978-981-19-2661-7 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99 *
ISBN 978-981-19-2664-8 paper ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99 *

This book aims to fill the literature gap on digital instruments and FinTech in enhancing green finance. ?Technological innovation can increase transparency, accountability, and speed, decentralize the financial system, improve risk management, increase competition, lower costs, improve efficiency, increase cross-sectoral collaboration and integration, and scale up green finance. Artificial intelligence (AI), distributed ledger technologies (DLT) or blockchain, peer-to-peer lending platforms, big data, Internet-based and mobile-based payment platforms, Internet of Things (IoT), matchmaking platforms including crowdlending, tokenizing green assets are potential means to scale up the green finance for achieving the SDGs. The COVID-19 pandemic, the economic downturns, and the uncertainties shrank the new investments in renewable energy projects globally. Low investment in renewable energy projects could threaten the expansion of greenenergy needed to provide energy security and meet SDG7 and SDG13. Investments in renewable energy projects are scarce because of several risks and a low rate of return. Although several new green financing solutions such as green bonds, green banks, green credit guarantee, carbon taxation, carbon trade, village funds, and community trust funds have been established in different countries, these are insufficient, and alternative ways to finance projects are required. The book provides several high-quality studies on utilizing digitalization, FinTech, financial innovations, and other new technologies to fill the finance gap of green projects to meet the SDG goals. The chapters are written by scholars in diverse countries and regions and include practical policy recommendations.

Oeztuerk, Mustafa (ed.), Educational Response, Inclusion and Empowerment for SDGs in Emerging Economies: How do Education Systems Contribute to Raising Global Citizens? (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 324 pp. 2022:8 (Springer, GW) <682-178>
ISBN 978-3-030-98961-3 hard ¥41,323.- (税込) EUR 169.99 *

This volume analyzes cases from emerging economies in relation to the global endeavor to promote the vision of sustainable development in all forms of education. It aims to discuss the significance of hearing local voices and understanding local discourse regarding strategies for action for change, and the role of educational systems as a means to communicate, promote and educate for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this book, emerging economies are defined as newly industrialized countries that have not yet reached developed status, but have, in a macro-economic sense, outpaced their developing counterparts. In this context, the book highlights how education in emerging economies could extend conventional economic methods to sustainability issues, or depart from money-based calculations and business-dominated values to promotion of real-life considerations and ethical, environmental and humanistic values. With the help of this volume, readers will have a chance to look at educational response, inclusion and empowerment for SDGs in countries with emerging economies, and to grasp the synthesis of Education for Sustainable Development/Global Citizenship Education (ESD/GCE) within the overall national educational systems. This volume focuses on early childhood through upper secondary education.

EUと日本における電力部門のエネルギー移行
Sokolowski, Maciej M., Energy Transition of the Electricity Sectors in the European Union and Japan: Regulatory Models and Legislative Solutions. 242 pp. 2022:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-181>
ISBN 978-3-030-98895-1 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99 *

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the energy policies in the European Union and Japan in terms of electricity markets and climate action, including energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, and the reduction of emissions. The book evaluates and compares the regulatory frameworks for achieving energy transitions by answering a number of questions focused on the essence and range of the regulatory models used by leading global economies which herald carbon neutrality by 2050. The book provides a useful framework that systematises Japanese and European energy policies and legislation including electricity-related policies, plans, and programmes. Discussing these issues in relation to the European and Japanese 2050 energy transition the author delves into the four pillars of the transition: market reform, reduction of emissions, promotion of renewables, and enhancing energy efficiency. Each chapter demonstrates the timing of the actions undertaken both in Europe and Japan; analyses the character of the conducted actions, evaluates the stakeholders of the realised agenda; and presents the technologies involved in the energy transition.

藤原辰史編　日本の環境史ハンドブック
Fujihara, Tatsushi (ed.), Handbook of Environmental History in Japan. (Japan Documents Handbooks Series) 2023:2 (Japan Documents, JA) <100-5887>
ISBN 978-4-909286-14-7 hard ¥28,875.- (税込)

Salmi, Anna-Kaisa (ed.), Domestication in Action: Past and Present Human-Reindeer Interaction in Northern Fennoscandia. (Arctic Encounters) 252 pp. 2022:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) * paper 2022 <682-1000>
ISBN 978-3-030-98642-1 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99 *
ISBN 978-3-030-98645-2 paper ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99 *

Reindeer have been an integral part of the lives of people in Northern Fennoscandia in prehistoric and historic times. Today, reindeer herding practices are changing fast due to climate change, land use pressures and new technologies. This book outlines recent advances in the archaeology of reindeer domestication and development of reindeer herding among the Sami of Northern Fennoscandia, focusing especially on the identification and understanding of various reindeer herding tasks and practices through archaeological evidence and traditional knowledge of reindeer herders. Covering more than a thousand years of history of reindeer herding, the book explores how reindeer herding practices have always been dynamic and adapted to the changing social, economic and environmental pressures. While reindeer herding practices have changed, they have also retained memory and tradition. The continuity and adaptation of reindeer herding testifies of the resilience of reindeer herders and their animals, and the importance of their relationship in the changing Arctic. This book will be of interest to scholars interested in archaeology, anthropology, and history of the Arctic, as well as local communities and reindeer herders.

パリ協定以後のEUと米国における気候変動の枠組み
Wendler, Frank, Framing Climate Change in the EU and US After the Paris Agreement. (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics) 260 pp. 2022:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) * paper 2022 <682-1006>
ISBN 978-3-031-04058-0 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99 *
ISBN 978-3-031-04061-0 paper ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99 *

Political responses to climate change are shaped by beliefs and ideas. How does discourse on climate action and its contestation affect policy-making? Addressing this question, the book compares EU and US policy-making since the Paris Agreement and its framing by key political institutions. The empirical part analyses the structure, linkages and contestation of frames to evaluate the contrasting spaces of climate politics in both systems. As the first direct comparison of EU and US climate governance since the Paris Agreement, the book advances current research on the politics of climate change, the politicization of multi-level governance and the role of discourse for policy change.

Wright, Robert E., The History and Evolution of the North American Wildlife Conservation Model. 130 pp. 2022:6 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <682-1008>
ISBN 978-3-031-06162-2 hard ¥12,151.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This book explains how six policies collectively called the North American Wildlife Conservation Model (NAWCM), put in place around the turn of the twentieth century, saved numerous iconic big game species from extinction. Rigid adherence to the NAWCM, however, especially its ban on the commercial sale of wild game meat, has allowed deer and some other species to become overabundant pests in areas where hunting pressure recently declined and habitat rebounded. Texas and South Africa have proven that scientific insight and market incentives can combine to prevent game overabundance and decrease the fragility and extend the range of iconic mammal game species. This book outlines how intermediate steps, like proxy hunting and other wildlife regulation reforms, could be used to lure more hunters into the field and move other states towards the Texas model incrementally, thereby minimizing risks to wildlife or human stakeholders.