Society And Climate: Transformations And Challenges

Society And Climate: Transformations And Challenges
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 219
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ISBN-10 : 9789813272446
ISBN-13 : 9813272449
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Book Synopsis Society And Climate: Transformations And Challenges by : Nico Stehr

Download or read book Society And Climate: Transformations And Challenges written by Nico Stehr and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate has for a long time been a taken-for-granted background against which social, political and economic interactions have taken place. But this taken-for-granted background is cleaving. It is becoming hard to ignore the potential repercussions of a changing climate, and the uneven impact of certain forms of human society and energy cultures that risk undermining their own environmental conditions.In a comprehensive and accessible way, this book:


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