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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819155803321

Titolo

Climatic cataclysm : the foreign policy and national security implications of climate change / / Kurt M. Campbell, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-13136-2

9786612131363

0-8157-0155-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CampbellKurt M. <1957->

Disciplina

363.738/74526

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Government policy

Climatic changes - Forecasting

Climatic changes - Social aspects

International relations - Forecasting

National security

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; National Security and Climate Change in Perspective; Can History Help Us with Global Warming?; Three Plausible Scenarios of Future Climate Change; Expected Climate Change over the Next Thirty Years; Severe Climate Change over the Next Thirty Years; Catastrophic Climate Change over the Next Hundred Years; A Partership Deal: Malevolent and Malignant Threats; Setting the Negotiating Table: The Race to Replace Kyoto by 2012; Conclusion: The Clear Implications of Global Climate Change; About the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Presents three scenarios of what the future may hold: expected, severe, and catastrophic and analyzes the security implications of each. Considers what can be learned from early civilizations confronted with natural disaster and asks what the largest emitters of greenhouse gases can do to reduce and manage future risks"--Provided by publisher.