European policy responses to climate change: progress on mainstreaming emissions reduction and adaptation

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 949-959

  Berkhout, Frans ^a   Bouwer, Laurens M ^b   Bayer, Joanne ^c   Bouzid, Maha ^d   Cabeza, Mar ^e   Hanger, Susanne ^c,g   Hof, Andries ^f   Hunter, Paul ^d   Meller, Laura ^e   Patt, Anthony ^g   Pfluger, Benjamin ^h   Rayner, Tim ^d   Reichardt, Kristin ^h   van Teeffelen, Astrid ⁱ  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84937816431     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0801-6     Document Type: Editorial

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