North—South aspects of the climate change issue: towards a negotiating theory and strategy for developing countries

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-135

  Gupta, Joyeeta ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

climate change; developing countries; G77; negotiation; North; South; strategies; treaty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952954078     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2000.001527     Document Type: Article

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