ISBN:
9780191635526
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (121 pages)
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.25
Schlagwort(e):
Climatic changes -- Social aspects
;
Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects
;
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
A short accessible introductory treatment of how climate change affects society, and how social, economic, and political systems can, do, and should respond.
Kurzfassung:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Acroynms and Abbreviations -- 1. Climate's Challenges -- 2. Constructing Science and Dealing with Denial -- 3. The Costs of Inaction and the Limits of Economics -- 4. Actions that Promise and Practices that Fall Short -- 5. What's Just? -- 6. Governance -- 7. The Anthropocene -- 8. Transition, Resilience, and Reconstruction -- Bibliography -- Index.
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