A credible compliance enforcement system for the climate regime

Climate Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 741-754

  Hovi, Jon ^a,b   Greaker, Mads ^c   Hagem, Cathrine ^c   Holtsmark, Bjart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

climate regime; compliance; enforcement; institutional innovation; international cooperation; Kyoto Protocol

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EUROPE; JAPAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864656415     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2012.692206     Document Type: Article

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