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The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society

By John S. Dryzek , David Schlosberg , Richard B. Norgaard

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
0199566607, 9780199566600
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7058776 bytes)
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Edition
1
Pages
864\588
Scanned
no
Time added
2015-07-09 22:26:06
Climatology Earth Sciences Science Math Environmen

Description

Climate change presents perhaps the most profound challenge ever confronted by human society. The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society is a definitive analysis drawing on the best thinking on questions of how climate change affects human systems, and how societies can, do, and should respond. Key topics covered include the history of the issues, social and political reception of climate science, the denial of that science by individuals and organized interests, the nature of the social disruptions caused by climate change, the economics of those disruptions and possible responses to them, questions of human security and social justice, obligations to future generations, policy instruments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and governance at local, regional, national, international, and global levels.

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