Climate change and minorities
By: by Rachel Baird.
Contributors: Minority Rights Group International.
Series: Briefing; Briefing papers (Minority Rights Group International)
Publisher: Minority Rights Group International
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
ISBN-13: 9781904584759
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Indigenous peoples.; Minorities.
Notes: Caption title.

"April 2008" -- p. [12].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 11).

Electronic version available on the MRG website.
Table of contents: value: Mind the gap: climate change, minorities and indigenous peoples; value: Minorities tend to live in places that are worst hit by the impacts of climate change; value: their poverty exacerbates their vulnerability; value: The close relationship of many indigenous peoples and some minorities to their environments makes them especially sensitive to the impacts of climate change; value: and also to the cultivation of biofuels, which are being presented as part of the 'solution' to global warming; value: The biofuels connection; value: Discrimination against minorities and indigenous peoples makes it harder for them to cope with the impacts of climate change; value: Opportunities for minorities and indigenous peoples to be heard; value: Conclusions.