Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge, and the South Pacific /

Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause clbre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barnett, Jon, 1971-
Otros Autores: Campbell, John R., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Government policy > Oceania.
Human ecology > Oceania.
Écologie humaine > Océanie.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Climatic changes > Government policy
Climatology
Human ecology
Oceania > Climate.
Océanie > Climat.
Oceania
Pacific Islands
Climate change
Climate change science
Policy process
Climate change policy
Project management
International agencies and associations
Statistics
Australia overseas comparisons
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The Trouble with Climate Change; Chapter 2 Environment and Developmentin Pacific Islands; Chapter 3 The History and Architecture of Climate Science; Chapter 4 Pacific Science Initiatives; Chapter 5 The Architecture of Climate Change Policy; Chapter 6 Doing Climate Change in the Pacific; Chapter 7 Investing in Uncertainty and Vulnerability; Chapter 8 Discourses of Danger; Chapter 9 Conclusions; References; Index.

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