Solar geoengineering's brave new world: Thoughts on the governance of an unprecedented technology

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 249-269

  Barrett, Scott ^a  

^a Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

EID: 84904756414     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/reu011     Document Type: Article

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