Collective climate action and networked climate governance

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tosun, Jale ^a   Schoenefeld, Jonas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; EPISTEMIC COMMUNITIES; GLOBAL CLIMATES; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS; NETWORK MODELING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GRASSROOTS LEVEL;

EID: 85003749532     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.440     Document Type: Review

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