Climate Conflict : How Global Warming Threatens Security and What to Do about It
Jeffrey. Mazo
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Florence : : Taylor and Francis, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (167 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Global Warming and Climate Change; CHAPTER TWO: Climate and History; CHAPTER THREE: Darfur: The First Modern Climate-Change Conflict; CHAPTER FOUR: Conflict, Instability and State Failure: The Climate Factor; CHAPTER FIVE: Climate Change and Security; CHAPTER SIX: Conclusion; GLOSSARY; NOTES. - <P>Climate change has been a key factor in the rise and fall of societies and states from prehistory to the recent fighting in the Sudanese state of Darfur. It drives instability, conflict and collapse, but also expansion and reorganisation. The ways cultures have met the climate challenge provide lessons for how the modern world can handle the new security threats posed by unprecedented global warming. </P><P></P><P>Combining historical precedents with current thinking on state stability, internal conflict and state failure suggests that overcoming cultural, social, political and economic bar
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| Emner | Environmental policy - International cooperation
Environmental protection - International cooperation Globalization - Environmental aspects Security, International - Environmental aspects Vis mer... Africa
Climate change Conflicts Darfur Failed states Geostrategi IPCC/International Panel on Climate Change International security Klimaendringer - Internasjonal sikkerhetspolitikk Political instability Sudan UNFCCC/United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Vulnerability International Relations Law, Politics & Government global oppvarming krig sikkerhet internasjonal konflikt failed states |
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| ISBN | 9780415591188
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