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The politics of climate change / Anthony Giddens.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2009.Description: viii, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780745646930 (pbk.)
  • 074564693X (pbk.)
  • 9780745646923
  • 0745646921
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.738746
LOC classification:
  • QC 981.8 G453p 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgements. Introduction. Chapter One: Climate Change and Energy Security. Chapter Two: International Negotiations, the EU and Carbon Markets. Chapter Three: The Greens and After. Chapter Four: The State and Governance. Chapter Five: Technologies and Taxes. Chapter Six: A Return to Planning?. Chapter Seven: The Politics of Adaptation. Chapter Eight: The Geo-Politics of Climate Change
Summary: Climate change differs from any other problem that we face today. If it goes unchecked, the consequences are likely to be catastrophic for human life on earth. This book argues that we do not have a systematic politics of climate change. It examines the connections between climate change and energy security.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QC 981.8 G453p 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000078615

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-251) and index.

Acknowledgements. Introduction. Chapter One: Climate Change and Energy Security. Chapter Two: International Negotiations, the EU and Carbon Markets. Chapter Three: The Greens and After. Chapter Four: The State and Governance. Chapter Five: Technologies and Taxes. Chapter Six: A Return to Planning?. Chapter Seven: The Politics of Adaptation. Chapter Eight: The Geo-Politics of Climate Change

Climate change differs from any other problem that we face today. If it goes unchecked, the consequences are likely to be catastrophic for human life on earth. This book argues that we do not have a systematic politics of climate change. It examines the connections between climate change and energy security.

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