The EU energy and climate package: A showcase for European environmental leadership?

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-88

  Uusi Rauva, Christa ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Discourse; Energy and climate package; Environmental leadership; EU; Media

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; EUROPEAN UNION; LEADERSHIP; MEDIA ROLE;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954615886     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.535     Document Type: Article

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