AOSIS in the UNFCCC negotiations: From unity to fragmentation?

Climate Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 591-613

  Betzold, Carola ^a   Castro, Paula ^b   Weiler, Florian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

adaptation; AOSIS; climate change negotiations; coalitions; forestry; fragmentation; LULUCF; mitigation; REDD

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORESTRY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84863498055     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2012.692205     Document Type: Article

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