Converging agendas? Energy and climate change policies in the UK

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-109

  Lovell, Heather ^a   Bulkeley, Harriet ^b   Owens, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVERGENCE; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY REFORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649126501     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0797j     Document Type: Article

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