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Regulating Pot To Save The Polar Bear: Energy And Climate Impacts Of The Marijuana Industry, Gina Warren Apr 2015

Regulating Pot To Save The Polar Bear: Energy And Climate Impacts Of The Marijuana Industry, Gina Warren

Gina Warren

No abstract provided.


The Implications Of Climate Change For Maritime Security Forces, Chris Rahman Jan 2015

The Implications Of Climate Change For Maritime Security Forces, Chris Rahman

Chris Rahman

Although a consensus on the reality of climate change now prevails, the details of the problem remain unsettled. In particular, the precise local and regional impacts of the global phenomenon of climate change are unknown. The security-related consequences of such impacts are thus inherently speculative. Nevertheless, it has become an increasingly important aspect of the national security policy deliberations of many States, including both civil and defence force capability planning, to consider the potential security implications of climate change. Despite the prevailing uncertainty over specific impacts and their security implications, longrange planning can be undertaken based on the most likely …


Bränsle För Ett Bättre Klimat - Marknad Och Politik För Biobränslen, Cecilia Hammarlund, Karin Ericsson, Helena Johansson, Robert Lundmark, Anna Olsson, Evgenia Pavlovskaia, Fredrik Wilhelmsson Dec 2009

Bränsle För Ett Bättre Klimat - Marknad Och Politik För Biobränslen, Cecilia Hammarlund, Karin Ericsson, Helena Johansson, Robert Lundmark, Anna Olsson, Evgenia Pavlovskaia, Fredrik Wilhelmsson

Evgenia Pavlovskaia

No abstract provided.


Global Warming: A Second Coming For International Law?, Deepa Badrinarayana Aug 2009

Global Warming: A Second Coming For International Law?, Deepa Badrinarayana

Deepa Badrinarayana

This paper analyzes the role of international law in addressing global warming through the lens of a select number of compliance theories and rational choice theory. It presents an alternative view to the limits of international law in addressing climate change, i.e., that international law has created an economic dependency that has constrained the space for pursuit of traditional legal rights. In making this argument, this article examines the history oil exploration and climate policy. The article also makes some brief suggestions towards increasing the space for traditional legal rights.


. The Fate Of Wetlands In The Face Of Rising Sea Levels: A Strategic Proposal, Joseph Sax Dec 1990

. The Fate Of Wetlands In The Face Of Rising Sea Levels: A Strategic Proposal, Joseph Sax

Joseph L. Sax

No abstract provided.