Fossil fuel emitters and climate change: unpacking the governance activities of large oil and gas companies

Environmental Politics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 621-647

  Nasiritousi, Naghmeh ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

climate change governance; non state actors; Oil and gas companies; private authority

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 85019266364     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2017.1320832     Document Type: Article

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