Human rights and global climate change

Cosmopolitanism in Context: Perspectives from International Law and Political Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 19-44

  Caney, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84877866121     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511761263.002     Document Type: Chapter

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