Civil society lobbying and countries' climate change policies: A matching approach

Climate Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 698-717

  Böhmelt, Tobias ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

business groups; civil society; climate policy; ENGOs; lobbying; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CIVIL SOCIETY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOBBYING; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84886409740     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2013.788870     Document Type: Article

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