Russian approaches to energy security and climate change: Russian gas exports to the EU

Environmental Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 683-700

  Sharples, Jack D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; energy security; EU; Russia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GAS TRADE; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84880926476     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2013.806628     Document Type: Article

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