Ten years to prevent catastrophe?. Discourses of climate change and international development in the UK press

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-202

  Doulton, Hugh ^a   Brown, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Discourse analysis; International development; Media

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL AID; MEDIA INDUSTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349174571     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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