Public climate-change skepticism, energy preferences and political participation

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1018-1027

  Engels, Anita ^a   Hüther, Otto ^b   Schäfer, Mike ^a   Held, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy preferences; General population survey; Germany; Low carbon society; Political participation; Skepticism

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84886726569     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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