Explaining growing climate policy differences between the European Union and the United States

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 61-80

  Skjærseth, Jon Birger ^a   Bang, Guri ^b   Schreurs, Miranda A ^c  

^a FRIDTJOF NANSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

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

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POLICY MAKING;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886821705     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00198     Document Type: Article

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