Global governance, responsibility and a new climate regime

China's Responsibility for Climate Change: Ethics, Fairness and Environmental Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 195-220

  Oberheitmann, Andreas ^a,b   Sternfeld, Eva ^c,d  

^a Research Centre for International Environmental Policy   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Centre for Cultural Studies of Science and Technology   (China)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84940229916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
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