Climate policy innovation in the South - Domestic and international determinants of renewable energy policies in developing and emerging countries

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 413-423

  Stadelmann, Martin ^a   Castro, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Developing countries; Policy diffusion; Policy innovation; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923505748     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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