German climate change policy: A success story with some flaws

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-378

  Weidner, Helmut ^a,b   Mez, Lutz ^b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Germany; Local governments

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STATE ROLE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 56049119131     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496508325910     Document Type: Article

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