Ecological debt : global warming and the wealth of nations / Andrew Simms.
| Author/creator | Simms, Andrew |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Pluto Press, 2009. |
| Description | xiv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Global warming and the wealth of nations |
| Contents | A short walk to Venus -- The chemist's warning : a short history of global warming -- The heaven bursters : Tuvalu and the fate of nations -- The great reversal of human progress -- Ecological debt -- The carbon debt -- Rationalising self-destruction (or why people are more stupid than frogs) -- The car park at the end of the world -- Pay back time : the law, climate change and ecological debt -- Data for the doubtful : the lessons of war economies -- The new adjustment -- Minerva's owl -- In the footsteps of Stanley -- Tick tock climate clock -- The ducks' choice -- How to live on an island. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-303) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780745327273 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0745327273 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780745327280 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0745327281 (hbk.) |