Non-state actors in hybrid global climate governance: justice, legitimacy, and effectiveness in a post-Paris era

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Kuyper, Jonathan W ^a,b   Linnér, Björn Ola ^c   Schroeder, Heike ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GLOBAL WARMING;

GLOBAL CLIMATES; MULTILATERALISM; NON STATE ACTORS; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85038429581     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.497     Document Type: Review

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