China and climate justice: Moving beyond statism

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 291-305

  Harris, Paul G ^a   Chow, Alice S Y ^a   Karlsson, Rasmus ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Climate justice; International justice; Responsibility; Statism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH RATE; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LEADERSHIP; MITIGATION;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882921240     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-012-9189-7     Document Type: Article

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