Climate protection, energy security, and Germany's policy of ecological modernisation

Environmental Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 664-682

  Hillebrand, Rainer ^a  

^a FULDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

climate protection; ecological modernisation; energy security; German renewable energy policy; transformation of energy system

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODERNIZATION; POLICY APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SECURITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84880957258     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2013.806627     Document Type: Article

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