Emergence of polycentric climate governance and its future prospects

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 977-982

  Jordan, Andrew J ^a   Huitema, Dave ^b,c   Hildén, Mikael ^d   Van Asselt, Harro ^e   Rayner, Tim J ^a   Schoenefeld, Jonas J ^a   Tosun, Jale ^f   Forster, Johanna ^a   Boasson, Elin L ^g  

^a TYNDALL CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84945271875     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2725     Document Type: Review

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