Human rights and climate change [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stephen Humphreys ; with a foreword by Mary Robinson

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.48
• Soggetto topico: Human rights; Climatic changes - Law and legislation; Global warming - Law and legislation; Climatic changes - Political aspects - Developing countries
• Classificazione: 86.81
• Altri autori: HumphreysStephen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Human rights and climate change / Stephen Humphreys -- Competing claims : human rights and climate harms / Stephen Humphreys -- Climate change, human rights and moral thresholds / Simon Caney -- Equitable utilization of the atmosphere : a rights-based approach to climate change? / Dinah Shelton -- Climate change, human rights and corporate accountability / Peter Newell -- Rethinking human rights : the impact of climate change on the dominant discourse / Sam Adelman -- The Kyoto Protocol and vulnerability : human rights and equity dimensions / Philippe Cullet -- Forests, climate change and human rights : managing risks and trade-offs / Frances Seymour -- Climate change and the right to the highest attainable standard of health / Paul Hunt and Rajat Khosla -- Human rights and vulnerability to climate change / Jon Barnett -- Climate change, evolution of disasters and inequality / John C. Mutter and Kye Mesa Barnard -- Conceiving justice : articulating common causes in distinct regimes / Stephen Humphreys.
• Sommario/riassunto: This inquiry into the human rights dimensions of climate change identifies future perspectives, concerns and dilemmas for law and policy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Human rights and climate change
• ISBN: 0-511-84806-4; 1-107-20820-3; 1-282-63730-4; 9786612637308; 0-511-76914-8; 0-511-76998-9; 0-511-76691-2; 0-511-76552-5; 0-511-76830-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791351603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II