International cooperative initiatives in global climate governance: Raising the ambition level or delegitimizing the UNFCCC?

Global Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-56

  Widerberg, Oscar ^a   Pattberg, Philipp ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84922633696     PISSN: 17585880     EISSN: 17585899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12184     Document Type: Article

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