An emerging human right to security from climate change: The case against gas flaring in Nigeria

Adjudicating Climate Change: State, National, and International Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 173-192

  Sinden, Amy ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84929285997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511596766.010     Document Type: Chapter

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