Climate change mitigation and intergenerational justice

Environmental Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-321

  Schuppert, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burden sharing; Cap and trade; Carbon taxes; Ecological space; Intergenerational justice

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; MITIGATION;

EID: 79956354685     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2011.573351     Document Type: Article

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