Global ethics and climate change
β Paul G. Harris
π Library
π
2016
π Edinburgh University Press
π English
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Global Ethics and Climate Change
β Scribed by Paul G. Harris
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 226
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Finds solutions to the world's greatest challenge β climate change β in global ethics
New for this edition
- Includes recent climate diplomacy and international agreements
- Presents current data and information on climate science
- Updated statistics; e.g. in chapters and sections that look at poverty and wealth
- Expanded learning guide for students and lecturers
Global Ethics and Climate Change combines the science of climate change with ethical critique to expose its impact, the increasing intensity of dangerous trends β particularly growing global affluence, material consumption and pollution β and the intensifying moral dimensions of changes to the environment. It shows you that global justice is vital to mitigating climate change.
- All of the author's royalties are being paid directly to the charity Oxfam
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