Exploring the science–policy interface on climate change: The role of the IPCC in informing local decision-making in the UK

Palgrave Communications

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Howarth, Candice ^a,b   Painter, James ^c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85044343321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2016.58     Document Type: Article

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