Australian climate policy and the Asia Pacific partnership on clean development and climate (APP). From Howard to Rudd: Continuity or change?

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-299

  Lawrence, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific partnership on clean development and climate; Australian climate policy; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; REFUSE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 71349085594     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-009-9102-1     Document Type: Article

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