Climate change and the geographies of objectivity: The case of the IPCC's burning embers diagram

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-167

  Mahony, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IPCC; Climate change; Geography of science; Objectivity; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84925305706     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tran.12064     Document Type: Article

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