Is a global crisis required to prevent climate change? A historical-institutional perspective

Handbook on Energy and Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 598-614

  Barbier, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 85019610117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857933690.00039     Document Type: Chapter

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