Governing geoengineering research: Why, when and how?

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 553-565

  Dilling, Lisa ^a   Hauser, Rachel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH'S CLIMATE; GEOENGINEERING; PHYSICAL RISKS; POLICY COMMUNITY; POLICY MAKERS; RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS;

DECISION MAKING;

RESEARCH;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; PROJECT DESIGN;

EID: 84888131723     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0835-z     Document Type: Review

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