A Climate of Change: An Analysis of Progress in EU and International Climate Change Policy

Environmental Protection: European Law and Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lefevere, Jürgen ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bali climate change conference; Climate change; Environmental governance; EU; Global management; Mainstreaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054740889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199565177.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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2. The security dimension of climate change was discussed at the 5663rd meeting of the UN Security Council on 17 April 2007. A report of the meeting is available through: .
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