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3 - Global Climate Change

from Part I - Introduction and Global Trends

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2023

Jay S. Golden
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Syracuse University, New York
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This chapter provides an overview of the drivers and the science of global climate change.

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Dynamic Sustainability
Implications for Policy, Markets and National Security
, pp. 30 - 40
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Global Climate Change
  • Jay S. Golden, Syracuse University, New York
  • Book: Dynamic Sustainability
  • Online publication: 07 December 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298711.004
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  • Global Climate Change
  • Jay S. Golden, Syracuse University, New York
  • Book: Dynamic Sustainability
  • Online publication: 07 December 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298711.004
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  • Global Climate Change
  • Jay S. Golden, Syracuse University, New York
  • Book: Dynamic Sustainability
  • Online publication: 07 December 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298711.004
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