Informing decision making on climate change and low carbon futures: Framing narratives around the United Kingdom's fifth carbon budget

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 295-302

  Howarth, Candice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fifth carbon budget; Low carbon future; Narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020432795     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.011     Document Type: Article

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