Meeting Kyoto commitments: EU influence on Norway and Germany

Europe and Global Climate Change: Politics, Foreign Policy and Regional Cooperation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 279-304

  Bang, Guri ^a   Vevatne, Jonas ^a   Twena, Michelle ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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