Stormy weather : the challenge of climate change and displacement / David Corlett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corlett, David, author.

Series:

Briefings (Sydney, N.S.W.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sydney, NSW : UNSW Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Climate change is predicted to dislocate millions of people in regions already vulnerable to economic, political and environmental disruption. Already some communities, notably Pacific Islanders, are under direct threat of displacement due to climate-related factors. Stormy Weather looks at the effects of climate change as experienced by the people of Tuvalu, a tiny, picturesque Pacific nation. It looks at how the international community should respond to climate-related migration in Asia, the Pacific and Africa, and argues that Australia - in a region in which 60 per cent of the world's popul

Contents:

Contents; The great flood; Tuvalunacy or the real thing?; The rainbow covenant; A neighbourly response; Brave new world; Acknowledgments; Endnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-96).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-74223-067-9

OCLC:

631566037