Conceptualizations of justice in climate policy

Climate Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-108

  Klinsky, Sonja ^a   Dowlatabadi, Hadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate policy; Distributive justice; Ethics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ETHICS;

EID: 60849113139     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2007.0468     Document Type: Article

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