Handbook of Multi-Level Climate Actions

Edited by Mark Starik, Senior Lecturer, Sustainability Management Program, University of Wisconsin Extended Campus, Madison, Wisconsin, and Contributing Faculty Member, College of Health Sciences and Public Policy, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gordon P. Rands, Professor of Management, School of Management and Marketing, Western Illinois University, Jonathan P. Deason, Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Director, Environmental and Energy Management Institute, The George Washington University and Patricia Kanashiro, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Southern California, US

‘Climate change is the most urgent crisis facing humanity. The Handbook on Multi-Level Climate Action is a must read as it provides a path forward in addressing this crisis.’

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Handbook of multi-level climate action: Sparkingand sustaining transformative approaches 1Mark Starik, Gordon Rands and Jonathan DeasonPART I THE MULTI-LEVEL CLIMATE ACTION MINDSET2 Public–private climate actions for the built environment 17Robert Sroufe and Emily Thiem3 Goal-based development: driving climate actions and sustainabledevelopment goals implementation within a holarchic model 37John N. Telesford4 Motivations toward sustainability in manufacturing at multiple levels 57Markéta Svobodová5 Content analysis of nationally determined contributions: multi-levelclimate action to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement 80Erin Rae Hoffer6 Climate action: from multilateral negotiations to implementation 101Mukes KapilashramiPART II MULTI-LEVEL CLIMATE ACTION EDUCATION ANDINFORMATION SYSTEMS7 Multi-level carbon literacy in management education: an approach toaddress climate change in the classroom 127Cathy A. Rusinko8 Non-formal sustainability, resilience, and climate-change education forprofessionals and life-long learners 137Gerard Voos, L. Stagg Newman, and James Fox9 You don’t need a sign to protest: the rise of digital climate activism 150Osiris Mancera10 Digital sustainability: tackling climate change with bits and bytes 173Georg Reischauer and Lea FuenfschillingPART III MULTI-LEVEL CLIMATE ACTION PLACE AND PACE11 Learning from city-level climate action planning 188Bruce Paton12 Multi-level sustainability from the perspectives of a developingeconomy: a case study on climate resilient communities of Bangladesh 202Sakib Mahmud13 Multi-level climate action through circular supply chain management ofocean plastic 215Andrea Neal, Michelaina Johnson and Megan Havrda14 The climate sprint: an agile process for catalytic collaboration towardsa just transition 242Dennis West and Jimmy JiaPART IV MULTI-LEVEL CLIMATE ACTION ECONOMICS AND FINANCE15 An emerging multi-level approach to climate action in the US banking sector 256Amy K. Townsend16 Harnessing the power of investors to drive climate innovation 278Gabrielle J. Evans17 Culture, education, and sustainability: a systemic approach 295Madhavi VenkatesanIndex