Lessons from the EU’s ETS for a new international climate agreement

International Spectator

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-59

  Wyns, Tomas ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change; EU ETS; Governance; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947502460     PISSN: 03932729     EISSN: 17519721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03932729.2015.985941     Document Type: Article

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