Saving Small Island Developing States: Environmental and Natural Resource Challenges
- ISBN-10
- 1849290318
- ISBN-13
- 9781849290319
- Category
- Climatic changes
- Pages
- 404
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Commonwealth Secretariat
- Authors
- Shyam Nath, Yeti Nisha Madhoo, John L. Roberts
Description
Small island states have a big problem - the environmental consequences of climate change. This text introduces and explains the key environmental policy challenges and suggested responses to them.
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