China and India's participation in global climate negotiations

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-273

  Walsh, Sean ^a   Tian, Huifang ^a,b,c   Whalley, John ^a,c   Agarwal, Manmohan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE INNOVATION   (Canada)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Development; India; International negotiations

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INCENTIVE; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; KYOTO PROTOCOL; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 80051543763     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-011-9161-y     Document Type: Article

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