Managing carbon in times of political change: The rise and fall of the New Zealand Carbon Neutral Public Service program

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-78

  Birchall, S J ^a   Ball, A ^a   Mason, I ^a   Milne, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon management; Government; Policy; Public sector

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; POLICY APPROACH; POLITICAL CHANGE; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE; SAVINGS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84876156890     PISSN: 14486563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2012.720455     Document Type: Article

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