Stakeholder perceptions of event attribution in the loss and damage debate

Climate Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 533-550

  Parker, Hannah R ^a   Boyd, Emily ^a   Cornforth, Rosalind J ^a   James, Rachel ^b   Otto, Friederike E L ^b   Allen, Myles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate policy; event attribution; loss and damage; probabilities; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; STAKEHOLDER; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84940938843     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2015.1124750     Document Type: Article

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