Modeling change : a case study comparison of biosphere reserve governance in Canada and the United Kingdom

Climate change is inevitable. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has forewarned the global community of the consequences of unrestrained burning of fossil fuels (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2011, para. 2). Until there is an economically viable source of alternative energy that can meet current and future demands, consumption of fossil fuels will continue to rise unless abated by models of governance that can assure sustainable use (Homer-Dixon & Garrison, 2010, p. 4). Climate change mitigation strategies take place in isolated cases where the resources and capability exist to address it. Biosphere reserves are governed as such. Each biosphere reserve has the ability to include climate change mitigation strategies within their mandates. Can these models of governance be used to demonstrate how to effectively address and mitigate climate change in other systems?

Author dc:creator

• Boychuk, Elizabeth

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Dale, Ann
• Heinz, Matthew
• Ling, Christopher

• Biosphere Reserves
• Climate Change
• Governance
• Natural resource management
• Sustainability

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10170/655

OAI record oai:identifier

https://www.viurrspace.ca/server/oai/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=dim&identifier=oai%3Anull%3A10170%2F655