Effective and geographically balanced? An output-based assessment of non-state climate actions

Climate Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 24-35

  Chan, Sander ^a,b   Falkner, Robert ^c   Goldberg, Matthew ^c,f   van Asselt, Harro ^d,e  

^a GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f BioLite   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate policy; non state actors; Paris Agreement; transnational governance; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84995705661     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1248343     Document Type: Article

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