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" Climate change and small island states : "
Jon Barnett and John Campbell.
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1040734
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b795104
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Barnett, Jon,1971-
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Climate change and small island states : : power, knowledge, and the South Pacific /\ Jon Barnett and John Campbell.
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London ;Washington, DC :: Earthscan,, 2010.
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1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) :: illustrations, map
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1282617354
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: 1844074943
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: 1849774897
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: 9781282617353
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: 9781844074945
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: 9781849774895
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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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 of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow. This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scie.
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Climatic changes-- Government policy-- Oceania.
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Human ecology-- Oceania.
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Climatic changes-- Government policy.
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Climatology.
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Human ecology.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Environmental-- Pollution Control.
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Oceania, Climate.
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Oceania.
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363.738/74560995
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QC903.2.O3B37 2010eb
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Campbell, John R.,1951-
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