IBUS 3055 International Resource Management (Baumanis): Case Studies

As a result climate change response is occurring at three interconnected levels: global, national and organisational. Organisational climate change responses are drawn from global responses, which in turn are drawn from national responses. In order to study how organisational responses are devolved from global and national responses, this paper conducted a case study of the Australian electricity sector.

This case study challenges us to redefine our definitions of community and philanthropic practice as we tackle global climate change — one of the most Wicked Problems facing our planet and our people.

We identify the global market structures most conducive for social movement-led market transformations. We argue that advocacy collective action is more likely to be successful when the global market structure involves (i) a small number of product markets, (ii) globally integrated product markets, (iii) a relatively concentrated industry with few producers or buyers, and (iv) a source of rents produced through social construction rather than natural or technological barriers to entry.

A climate change negative impact on agriculture is more likely than a positive one. In the process of elaborating a national strategy in this direction it is necessary to create a large enough information and knowledge support that would include options, action models, and also analysis results in terms of national agricultural area and the way in which climate change shall have an impact on agriculture.

Case studies are presented of the impact of climate change's resultant rainfall variability on migration and human mobility, through referencing research on households in affect areas. An overview of nations effected by climate changes' management of their citizens' adaptive behavior, including in regard to international efforts in assisting nations address challenges caused by climate changes, is provided.

This paper reports an empirical case study on the interface between microfinance and climate change actions. Therefore, by investigating Brazil's largest rural MFI, Agroamigo, we aim at providing an empirical contribution to green microfinance. The main conclusion is that, albeit Agroamigo offers important links to climate change initiatives, it will need to take better account of specific vulnerabilities and risks to protect its portfolio and clients better from climate change impacts.