Going beyond two degrees? The risks and opportunities of alternative options

Climate Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 751-769

  Jordan, Andrew ^a   Rayner, Tim ^a   Schroeder, Heike ^a   Adger, Neil ^b   Anderson, Kevin ^c   Bows, Alice ^c   Quéré, Corinne Le ^a   Joshi, Manoj ^a   Mander, Sarah ^c   Vaughan, Nem ^a   Whitmarsh, Lorraine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation policy; climate policy; global warming; governance; mitigation policy; post 2012 negotiations; risk governance; two degrees; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MITIGATION; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84886383843     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2013.835705     Document Type: Article

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