Ecological debt : global warming and the wealth of nations / Andrew Simms
| Author(s): | Simms, Andrew |
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| Subjects: | Environmental economics Environmental protection--Citizen participation Consumption (Economics)--Environmental aspects Global warming Environmental justice |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Edition: | 2nd ed |
| Published: | London ; New York, NY : Pluto Press, 2009 |
| LC Classification: | H, HC |
| Alternate Titles: | Portion of title: Global warming and the wealth of nations |
| Notes: | ISBN: 9780745327273 (pbk.) ISBN: 0745327273 (pbk.) ISBN: 9780745327280 (hbk.) ISBN: 0745327281 (hbk.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-303) and index Contents: A short walk to Venus -- The chemist's warning : a short history of global warming -- The heaven bursters : Tuvalu and the fate of nations -- The great reversal of human progress -- Ecological debt -- The carbon debt -- Rationalising self-destruction (or why people are more stupid than frogs) -- The car park at the end of the world -- Pay back time : the law, climate change and ecological debt -- Data for the doubtful : the lessons of war economies -- The new adjustment -- Minerva's owl -- In the footsteps of Stanley -- Tick tock climate clock -- The ducks' choice -- How to live on an island |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 318 p. : ill. ; 20 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 181142732 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780745327273 0745327273 9780745327280 0745327281 |