The discursive politics of governing transitions towards sustainability: The UK Carbon Trust

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 90-106

  Kern, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon Trust; Climate change; Discourse; Hajer; Politics; Schmidt; Sustainability; Sustainable energy; Transition management; Transitions; UK

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON TRUST; DISCOURSE; HAJER; POLITICS; SCHMIDT; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; TRANSITION MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857218706     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2012.044036     Document Type: Article

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