Special section on China and climate change: What China wants: China's climate change priorities in a post-Copenhagen world

Global Change, Peace and Security

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-175

  Gong, Gloria Jean ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Copenhagen; Kyoto Protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960522435     PISSN: 14781158     EISSN: 14781166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14781158.2011.580958     Document Type: Article

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