Dangerous climate change and the importance of adaptation for the arctic's inuit population

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Ford, James D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arctic; Climate change; Climate policy; Dangerous climate change; Inuit; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GASES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ADAPTATION; ARCTIC; CLIMATE POLICY; DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGES; INUIT; MITIGATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 72949115371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/2/024006     Document Type: Article

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