Country stakes in climate change negotiations: Two dimensions of vulnerability

Climate Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-305

  Buys, Piet ^a   Deichmann, Uwe ^a   Meisner, Craig ^a   That, Thao Ton ^b   Wheeler, David ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNEP Chemicals 11 13   (Switzerland)

^c CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Emission reduction; Energy resources; Negotiations; Post 2012; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 66949120712     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2007.0466     Document Type: Article

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