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The Oxford handbook of climate change and society

"Climate change presents perhaps the most profound challenge ever confronted by human society. This volume is a definitive analysis drawing on the best thinking on questions of how climate change affects human systems, and how societies can, do, and should respond. Key topics covered include the history of the issues, social and political reception of climate science, the denial of that science by individuals and organized interests, the nature of the social disruptions caused byclimate change, the economics of those disruptions and possible responses to them, questions of human security and social justice, obligations to future generations, policy instruments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and governance at local, regional, national, international, and global levels"--Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2011
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2011
1 online resource (xiv, 727 pages) : illustrations, map
9780191618574, 9780191735271, 0191618578, 0191735272
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pt. 1. Introduction
pt. 2. The challenge and its history
pt. 3. Science, society, and public opinion
pt. 4. Social impacts
pt. 5. Security
pt. 6. Justice
pt. 7. Publics and movements
pt. 8. Government responses
pt. 9. Policy instruments
pt. 10. Producers and consumers
pt. 11. Global governance
pt. 12. Reconstruction
English