Reconciling justice and attribution research to advance climate policy

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 901-908

  Huggel, Christian ^a   Wallimann Helmer, Ivo ^a   Stone, Dáithí ^b   Cramer, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 84989181065     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3104     Document Type: Review

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