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Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell
| Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell |
| Autore | Barnett Jon <1971-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina |
363.738/74560995
363.73874560995 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CampbellJohn |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy - Oceania
Human ecology - Oceania |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9786612617355
1-136-54286-8 1-282-61735-4 1-84977-489-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 The Trouble with Climate Change; Introduction; Pacific Island countries; Climate change and the Pacific Islands; About this book; 2 Environment and Development in Pacific Islands; Pacific Island environments; Early transformations: Traditional human environment systems; Colonization and environmental transformation; The post-colonial Pacific: Environment and development; Conclusions
3 The History and Architecture of Climate ScienceInitial stirrings; International research programmes; The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Big science and big pictures; Conclusions; 4 Pacific Science Initiatives; The Association of South Pacific Environmental Institutions initiative; Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme initiatives; START-Oceania (including APN and AIACC); Lacunae; Conclusions; 5 The Architecture of Climate Change Policy; The emergence of climate change as a global policy issue; The UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol The Global Environmental FacilityThe Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS); The Pacific Islands Forum; Australia and New Zealand; Conclusions; 6 Doing Climate Change in the Pacific; An overview of projects and programmes; Regional responses; Projects funded bilaterally; Projects implemented by NGOs; Conclusions; 7 Investing in Uncertainty and Vulnerability; The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring project; The Environmental Vulnerability Index project; Conclusions; 8 Discourses of Danger; Insularity: Smallness and isolation; What is vulnerability?; Island vulnerability Titanic statesClimate refugees; Conclusions; 9 Conclusions; Three themes; To the future; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458885203321 |
Barnett Jon <1971-, >
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| London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell
| Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell |
| Autore | Barnett Jon <1971-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina |
363.738/74560995
363.73874560995 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CampbellJohn |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy - Oceania
Human ecology - Oceania |
| ISBN |
1-136-54285-X
9786612617355 1-136-54286-8 1-282-61735-4 1-84977-489-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 The Trouble with Climate Change; Introduction; Pacific Island countries; Climate change and the Pacific Islands; About this book; 2 Environment and Development in Pacific Islands; Pacific Island environments; Early transformations: Traditional human environment systems; Colonization and environmental transformation; The post-colonial Pacific: Environment and development; Conclusions
3 The History and Architecture of Climate ScienceInitial stirrings; International research programmes; The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Big science and big pictures; Conclusions; 4 Pacific Science Initiatives; The Association of South Pacific Environmental Institutions initiative; Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme initiatives; START-Oceania (including APN and AIACC); Lacunae; Conclusions; 5 The Architecture of Climate Change Policy; The emergence of climate change as a global policy issue; The UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol The Global Environmental FacilityThe Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS); The Pacific Islands Forum; Australia and New Zealand; Conclusions; 6 Doing Climate Change in the Pacific; An overview of projects and programmes; Regional responses; Projects funded bilaterally; Projects implemented by NGOs; Conclusions; 7 Investing in Uncertainty and Vulnerability; The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring project; The Environmental Vulnerability Index project; Conclusions; 8 Discourses of Danger; Insularity: Smallness and isolation; What is vulnerability?; Island vulnerability Titanic statesClimate refugees; Conclusions; 9 Conclusions; Three themes; To the future; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792600003321 |
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Barnett Jon <1971-, >
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| London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell
| Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell |
| Autore | Barnett Jon <1971-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina |
363.738/74560995
363.73874560995 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CampbellJohn |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy - Oceania
Human ecology - Oceania |
| ISBN |
1-136-54285-X
9786612617355 1-136-54286-8 1-282-61735-4 1-84977-489-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 The Trouble with Climate Change; Introduction; Pacific Island countries; Climate change and the Pacific Islands; About this book; 2 Environment and Development in Pacific Islands; Pacific Island environments; Early transformations: Traditional human environment systems; Colonization and environmental transformation; The post-colonial Pacific: Environment and development; Conclusions
3 The History and Architecture of Climate ScienceInitial stirrings; International research programmes; The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Big science and big pictures; Conclusions; 4 Pacific Science Initiatives; The Association of South Pacific Environmental Institutions initiative; Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme initiatives; START-Oceania (including APN and AIACC); Lacunae; Conclusions; 5 The Architecture of Climate Change Policy; The emergence of climate change as a global policy issue; The UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol The Global Environmental FacilityThe Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS); The Pacific Islands Forum; Australia and New Zealand; Conclusions; 6 Doing Climate Change in the Pacific; An overview of projects and programmes; Regional responses; Projects funded bilaterally; Projects implemented by NGOs; Conclusions; 7 Investing in Uncertainty and Vulnerability; The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring project; The Environmental Vulnerability Index project; Conclusions; 8 Discourses of Danger; Insularity: Smallness and isolation; What is vulnerability?; Island vulnerability Titanic statesClimate refugees; Conclusions; 9 Conclusions; Three themes; To the future; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799968203321 |
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Barnett Jon <1971-, >
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| London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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