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The Global Politics of Climate Change: Challenge for Political Science
Ist Teil von
PS, political science & politics, 2015-01, Vol.48 (1), p.19-26
Ort / Verlag
New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2015
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Quelle
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
It is becoming increasingly clear that climate change is one of the major political and institutional, as well as ecological, challenges of our time. When--not if--the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica melt significantly and the warming oceans expand, sea levels will rise. Climate warming probably will also cause stronger storms and other forms of extreme weather; agricultural production will suffer, especially at extreme levels of climate change. Such sea level rise could lead to the inundation of areas in which more than a billion people live, mostly in Asia.