A strategy for better climate change regulation: Towards a public interest orientated regulatory regime

Environmental Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 689-706

  Bartle, Ian ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change regulation; Climate policy; Regulatory regimes; Transparency

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77950755736     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644010903156984     Document Type: Article

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