Public concern over global warming correlates negatively with national wealth

Climatic Change

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-341

  Sandvik, Hanno ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OXIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 51749089519     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-008-9429-6     Document Type: Article

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