How climate change became a business risk: Analyzing nonstate agency in global climate politics

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 613-626

  Pattberg, Philipp ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business risk; Climate change; Disclosure; Nonstate actors

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRIVATE SECTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84865830389     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c1179     Document Type: Article

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