New Zealand's abandonment of the Carbon Neutral Public Service programme

Climate Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 525-535

  Birchall, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

carbon neutral; climate change policy; government organizations; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT; MITIGATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC SERVICE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84903457972     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2014.877224     Document Type: Article

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