Climate change as a transformation challenge: A new climate policy paradigm?

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-22

  Hermwille, Lukas ^a  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Paradigm shift; Paris agreement; Transformation; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962709767     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.25.1.6     Document Type: Review

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