Implementing Europe's climate targets at the regional level

Climate Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 667-689

  Wolkinger, Brigitte ^a   Steininger, Karl W ^a   Damm, Andrea ^a   Schleicher, Stefan ^a   Tuerk, Andreas ^a,b   Grossman, Wolf ^a,c   Tatzber, Florian ^d   Steiner, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

climate targets; GHG reductions; indicators; low carbon society; policy options; stakeholder participation engagement

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGIONAL POLICY; STAKEHOLDER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84864688023     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2012.669096     Document Type: Article

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