The IPCC, human security, and the climate-conflict nexus

Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 67-88

  Nordås, Ragnhild ^a   Gleditsch, Nils Petter ^b  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 84912027392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857939111.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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