Singapore’s climate change policy: The limits of learning

Contemporary Southeast Asia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-384

  Hamilton Hart, Natasha ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economy; Energy; Environment; Foreign policy; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044979544     PISSN: 0129797X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1355/cs28-3a     Document Type: Article

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