Although tackling the causes of climate change through mitigation is necessary, it is also essential to examine the effect of climate change and what international cooperation can take place to ensure global adaptation measures. This pioneering book deals exclusively with the politics of why adaptation as a global responsibility continues to be ignored.

Mizan R. Khan is Professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Management at North South University, Bangladesh, and currently a visiting scholar at Brown University, USA.

Part One Chapter 1: Introduction - The Context and Niche of the Book Chapter 2: Climate Change Regime, Adaptation and Politics Chapter 3: Climate Finance: Supply, Demand and Governance Chapter 4: Reframing of Adaptation Framework Part Two Chapter 5: The Lens of Double Exposure: Climate Change and Uneven Chapter 6 The Lens of human and global security Chapter 7:Climate change, justice and human rights - A Logical Marriage Part Three Chapter 8: Polluter pays principle Chapter 9: Liability and compensation under Loss and Damage Chapter 10: Conclusion - Toward the proposed framework