Social contracts in a changing climate: Security of what and for whom?

Climate Change, Ethics and Human Security

Volumn 9780521197663, Issue , 2010, Pages 199-214

  Hayward, Bronwyn ^a   O’brien, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE JUSTICES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTIVENESS; MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTS; NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS; RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84926094519     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511762475.013     Document Type: Chapter

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