Valuing the contributions of nonstate and subnational actors to climate governance

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-20

  van der Ven, Hamish ^a   Bernstein, Steven ^b   Hoffmann, Matthew ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 85011957168     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00387     Document Type: Article

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