Historical Use of the Climate Sink

Res Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 67-81

  Blomfield, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate ethics; Global justice; Historical responsibility; Rectificatory justice; Resource rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962264917     PISSN: 13564765     EISSN: 15728692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11158-015-9312-z     Document Type: Article

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