Defining and experiencing dangerous climate change: An editorial essay

Climatic Change

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 11-25

  Dessai, Suraje ^a   Adger, W Neil ^a   Hulme, Mike ^a   Turnpenny, John ^a   Köhler, Jonathan ^a,b   Warren, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ROBUST POLICY RESPONSE; SCIENTIFIC RISK ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 3342973838     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000024781.48904.45     Document Type: Review

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