Conference diplomacy: The making of the Paris agreement

Politics and Governance

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 115-123

  Brun, Aslak ^a  

^a Norway s International Climate and Forest Initiative   (Norway)

Author keywords

Back channel negotiations; Climate change; Cooperation; Diplomacy; International negotiations; Participation; UN

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016013297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21832463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17645/pag.v4i3.649     Document Type: Article

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