Universities and climate change mitigation: Advancing grassroots climate policy in the US

Local Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 485-504

  Knuth, Sarah ^a   Nagle, Brandi ^b   Steuer, Christopher ^c   Yarnal, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MITIGATION; STAKEHOLDER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37149001824     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830701657059     Document Type: Article

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