Fragmented climate change leadership: Making sense of the ambiguous outcome of COP-15

Environmental Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 268-286

  Parker, Charles F ^a   Karlsson, Christer ^a   Hjerpe, Mattias ^b   Linnér, Björn Ola ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; COP 15; international cooperation; international negotiations; leadership; leadership recognition; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84859293967     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2012.651903     Document Type: Article

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