Climate policy innovation: developing an evaluation perspective

Environmental Politics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 884-905

  Hildén, Mikael ^a   Jordan, Andrew ^b   Rayner, Tim ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate policy; European Union; evaluation; innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918799450     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2014.924205     Document Type: Article

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