Climate change, new security challenges and the United Nations:

"Climate change affects human health in all sectors of society, both domestically & globally. The sea-level rise, changes in precipitation resulting in flooding & drought, heat waves, more intense hurricanes & storms, and degraded air quality, affect human health. This book is an at...

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Main Author: Mohpatra, Sabita (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2018
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"Climate change affects human health in all sectors of society, both domestically & globally. The sea-level rise, changes in precipitation resulting in flooding & drought, heat waves, more intense hurricanes & storms, and degraded air quality, affect human health. This book is an attempt to unravel the new non-traditional challenges that the UN will face in coming decades if the states fail to keep the climate change fixed at the threshold of 2 degrees Celsius as agreed at the COP 21 conference in Paris by all the states results in intra and inter-state conflict. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka."--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 332 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9781351987011
1351987011
9781315272085
1315272083
9781351987028
135198702X
9781351987004
1351987003

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