The politics of global warming (1): Climate science and scepticism

Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-80

  Parkes, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate scepticism; Climate science; Economics; Global warming; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901640888     PISSN: 20515030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2051-5030(2013)0000013007     Document Type: Article

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