Future mitigation commitments: Differentiating among non-Annex I countries

Climate Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 469-486

  Winkler, Harald ^a   Brouns, Bernd ^b   Kartha, Sivan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Differentiation; Equity; Kyoto Protocol; Mitigation commitments; Non Annex I countries

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MITIGATION;

EID: 33645321378     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2006.9685572     Document Type: Article

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