The United States: Obama's push for climate policy change

The Domestic Politics of Global Climate Change: Key Actors in International Climate Cooperation

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 160-181

  Bang, Guri ^a  

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

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EID: 84958896980     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781784714932.00013     Document Type: Chapter

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