Climate change, equity and the relevance of European 'effort-sharing' for global mitigation efforts

Climate Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-16

  Stephenson, Paule ^a   Boston, Jonathan ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Effort sharing; Equity; International equity; International framework; Post 2012 agreement; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EQUITY; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; POLICY APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 74749089966     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2008.0587     Document Type: Article

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