Climate change in Switzerland: A review of physical, institutional, and political aspects

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 461-481

  Brönnimann, Stefan ^a   Appenzeller, Christof ^b,c   Croci Maspoli, Mischa ^b,c   Fuhrer, Jürg ^a,d   Grosjean, Martin ^a   Hohmann, Roland ^e   Ingold, Karin ^a   Knutti, Reto ^c,f   Liniger, Mark A ^b,c   Raible, Christoph C ^a   Röthlisberger, Regine ^e   Schär, Christoph ^c,f   Scherrer, Simon C ^b,c   Strassmann, Kuno ^a   Thalmann, Philippe ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^e Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^f ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY;

CLIMATE SCIENCE; ECONOMIC SECTORS; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; POLITICAL ASPECTS; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEDERAL SYSTEM; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STAKEHOLDER;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84903130179     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.280     Document Type: Review

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