Climate Policy Watcher

And Climate Change

S. George Philander

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Encyclopedia of global warming and climate change / S. George Philander. p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4129-5878-3 (cloth) 1. Global warming-Encyclopedias. 2. Climatic changes-Encyclopedias. I. Philander, S. George. QC981.8.G56E47 2008

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