Interim targets and the climate treaty regime

Climate Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 639-645

  O’Neill, Brian C ^a,b   Oppenheimer, Michael ^c   Petsonk, Annie ^d,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Stabilization; Targets

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS;

EID: 33744499434     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2006.9685584     Document Type: Note

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