Sharing the burden of financing adaptation to climate change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-421

  Dellink, Rob ^a,c   den Elzen, Michel ^b   Aiking, Harry ^a   Bergsma, Emmy ^a   Berkhout, Frans ^a   Dekker, Thijs ^a   Gupta, Joyeeta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation financing; Burden sharing; Historical responsibility

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FINANCIAL PROVISION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 70349766704     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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