Germany’s energy transition policy between national targets and decentralized responsibilities

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 303-322

  Ohlhorst, Dörte ^a  

^a Environmental Policy Research Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate policy; federalism; german energy transition; multi level governance; multi level reinforcement; renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955204572     PISSN: 1943815X     EISSN: 19438168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1943815X.2015.1125373     Document Type: Article

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