Open or closed meetings? Explaining nonstate actor involvement in the international climate change negotiations

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 127-144

  Nasiritousi, Naghmeh ^a   Linnér, Björn Ola ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change governance; Intergovernmental negotiations; Nonstate actors; Observer participation; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PANEL DATA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84955175400     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-014-9237-6     Document Type: Article

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