Risk analysis and climate change

Environmental Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 670-688

  Pidgeon, Nick ^a   Butler, Catherine ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Policy; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 76649089047     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644010903156976     Document Type: Article

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