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Recommended literature for further reading:
Hernes, G. 2011. Hot Topic – Cold Comfort: Climate Change and Attitude Change. Norden Top Level Research Initiative. Oslo: Nordforsk.
O’Brien, K. 2011. Responding to Environmental Change: A New Age for Human Geography? Progress in Human Geography: 1-10. (10 pages). Available online
Urry, John. Climate Change & Society. Polity: Cambridge, UK.
The compendium will be available at Kopiutsalget at the bookstore Gnist Akademika at Blindern. Please bring your student card.