Anomalous climatic effects like higher temperatures, intense rainfall and
floods, constant and severe droughts have now reached a whole new level. Without
proper adaptation methods, climate change is expected to worsen the
vulnerability of society, pose serious risk to food security and human health,
threaten the lives of growing urban population and obstruct in the aim of
achieving sustainable development. The human and social dimensions of climate
change, comprising of climate policy, play crucial roles in our response to
several challenges arising from climate change. By emphasizing on a vast range
of subjects and involving a number of reputed scholars, this book discusses the
human and social dimensions