Power in a warming world the new global politics of climate change and the remaking of environmental inequality
After nearly a quarter century of international negotiations on climate change, we stand at a crossroads. A new set of agreements is likely to fail to prevent the global climate's destabilization. Islands and coastlines face inundation, and widespread drought, flooding, and famine are expected...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, England
MIT Press
2015
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| Series: | Earth System Governance
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| Collection: | MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | After nearly a quarter century of international negotiations on climate change, we stand at a crossroads. A new set of agreements is likely to fail to prevent the global climate's destabilization. Islands and coastlines face inundation, and widespread drought, flooding, and famine are expected to worsen in the poorest and most vulnerable countries. How did we arrive at an entirely inequitable and scientifically inadequate international response to climate change? In this book, the authors bring decades of combined experience as negotiators, researchers, and activists to bear on this urgent question |
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| ISBN: | 0262330040 9780262330039 9780262330046 0262330032 |