The public consultation to the UK climate change Act 2008: A critical analysis

Climate Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-276

  Maciejewski Scheer, Adela ^a   Höppner, Corina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate change Act; NGOs; Policy; Public consultation; Public participation; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957685314     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2009.0029     Document Type: Article

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