Climate change as the 'new' security threat: Implications for Africa

International Affairs

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1141-1154

  Brown, Oli ^a   Hammill, Anne ^a   McLeman, Robert ^a  

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EID: 35548977147     PISSN: 00205850     EISSN: 14682346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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