All adrift: aviation, shipping, and climate change policy

Climate Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 681-702

  Bows Larkin, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aviation emissions; carbon emissions trading; climate change mitigation; CO2 reductions; stakeholder participation engagement; transport policy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; KYOTO PROTOCOL; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SHIPPING; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84916624818     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2014.965125     Document Type: Article

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