The challenges of building cosmopolitan climate expertise: The case of Germany

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Beck, Silke ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; CLIMATE SCIENCE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; POLICY DECISIONS; POLICY MAKERS; PUBLIC SCRUTINY; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84856317931     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.151     Document Type: Review

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