Private Regulation in Global Environmental Governance

The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 394-411

  Auld, Graeme ^a   Gulbrandsen, Lars H ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FRIDTJOF NANSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Certification; Global environmental governance; Private governance; Private regulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888662382     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118326213.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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