Carbon management in New Zealand local government: Co-benefits of action and organisational resolve in the absence of government support

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-267

  Birchall, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

climate change mitigation; Communities for Climate Protection; greenhouse gas emissions; managers; public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919489975     PISSN: 14486563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2013.878258     Document Type: Article

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