Exploiting soil-management strategies for climate mitigation in the European union: Maximizing "win-win" solutions across policy regimes

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Henriksen, Christian Bugge ^a   Hussey, Karen ^b   Holm, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate action and energy package; Climate change mitigation; Common agricultural policy; Energy security; European union; Greenhouse gas emissions; Soil management; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; REGIONAL POLICY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84930474614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04176-160422     Document Type: Article

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