Decision strategies for policy decisions under uncertainties: The case of mitigation measures addressing methane emissions from ruminants

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-119

  Hirsch Hadorn, Gertrude ^a   Brun, Georg ^a,c   Soliva, Carla Riccarda ^a   Stenke, Andrea ^b   Peter, Thomas ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decision making; Methane; Ruminant; Timing strategy; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LIVESTOCK; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINANT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIETY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84930211497     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.05.011     Document Type: Article

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