A science-policy interface in the global south: The politics of carbon sinks and science in Brazil

Climatic Change

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-372

  Lahsen, Myanna ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; CARBON SINK; CRITICAL DISTANCE; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; KYOTO PROTOCOL; NATIONAL LEVEL; POLICY UPTAKE; POLITICAL AGENDA; SCIENCE-POLICY INTERFACE; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE;

EMISSION CONTROL; RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING;

CARBON SINK; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

BRAZIL;

EID: 76149124499     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9610-6     Document Type: Article

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