No need to reinvent the wheel for a human rights-based approach to tackling climate change: The contribution of international biodiversity law

Climate Change and the Law

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 359-390

  Morgera, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84884917558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5440-9_14     Document Type: Chapter

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