Mainstreaming climate policy: The role of media coverage in Finland

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 649-661

  Lyytimäki, Jari ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mass media coverage; Newspapers; Policy integration

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MASS MEDIA; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

FINLAND;

EID: 79960053049     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9286-x     Document Type: Article

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