Climate Change and Its Impacts Risks and Inequalities
Responding to a need for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the consequences of climate change, this book brings experts in climate science, engineering, urban planning, and conservation biology into conversation with scholars in law, geography, a
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Colleen Murphy · Paolo Gardoni Robert McKim Editors
Climate Change and Its Impacts Risks and Inequalities
Climate Change Management Series editor Walter Leal Filho, Faculty of Life Sciences, Research and Transfer Centre, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8740
Colleen Murphy Paolo Gardoni Robert McKim •
Editors
Climate Change and Its Impacts Risks and Inequalities
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Editors Colleen Murphy College of Law University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL USA
Robert McKim Department of Religion University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL USA
Paolo Gardoni Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL USA
ISSN 1610-2002 ISSN 1610-2010 (electronic) Climate Change Management ISBN 978-3-319-77543-2 ISBN 978-3-319-77544-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77544-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018938643 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
Part I 1
Risks and Values: New and Interconnected Challenges of Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colleen Murphy, Paolo Gardoni and Robert McKim
Part II 2
Introduction 3
The Paris Agreement, Policy and Climate Justice
Climate Change in the 21st Century: Looking Beyond the Paris Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald J. Wuebbles
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Cumulative Harm as a Function of Carbon Emissions . . . . . . . . . . John Nolt
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