Wrongful harm to future generations: The case of climate change

Environmental Values

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-488

  Davidson, Marc D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Future generations; Non identify problem; Wrongful harm

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 54949128610     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327108X368494     Document Type: Article

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