Consumers' knowledge about climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-209

  Tobler, Christina ^a   Visschers, Vivianne H M ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAIL SURVEYS; OZONE DEPLETION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OZONE LAYER; SURVEYS;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERT SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OZONE; SAMPLING;

EID: 84865411154     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0393-1     Document Type: Article

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