A climate tax on meat?

Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Ethical Perspectives on Land Use and Food Production

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 109-114

  Nordgren, A ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumption; Lifestyle; Livestock; Meat tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881615719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-753-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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