The United States: The challenge of global climate leadership in a politically divided state

The European Union in International Climate Change Politics: Still Taking a Lead?

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 239-253

  Bang, Guri ^a   Schreurs, Miranda A ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 85016030826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315627199     Document Type: Chapter

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