The architecture of the global climate regime: A top-down perspective

Climate Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 600-614

  Hare, William ^a,b   Stockwell, Claire ^a   Flachsland, Christian ^b   Oberthür, Sebastian ^c  

^a Climate Analytics GmbH   (Germany)

^b Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research   (Germany)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate negotiations; Climate regimes; Climate targets; COP 16; International cooperation; Multilateralism; Post Copenhagen

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 78149487667     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2010.0161     Document Type: Article

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