Introduction: Low-carbon technology transfer - From rhetoric to reality

Low-Carbon Technology Transfer: From Rhetoric to Reality

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-19

  Ockwell, David ^a,b   Mallett, Alexandra ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNDALL CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84906648433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203121481     Document Type: Chapter

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