Public engagement in climate action: Policy and public expectations

Engaging the Public with Climate Change: Behaviour Change and Communication

Volumn 9781849775243, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-65

  Höppner, Corina ^a   Whitmarsh, Lorraine ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849775243     Document Type: Chapter

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