New and additional to what? Assessing options for baselines to assess climate finance pledges

Climate and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-192

  Stadelmann, Martin ^a   Timmons Roberts, J ^b   Michaelowa, Axel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ETH and University of Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Additionality; Climate finance; Copenhagen Accord; Development assistance; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEVELOPING WORLD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; UNITED NATIONS;

COPENHAGEN [(CTY) HOVEDSTADEN]; DENMARK; HOVEDSTADEN;

EID: 84857724404     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2011.599550     Document Type: Article

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