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1 - Beyond Experiments

Innovation in Climate Governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2018

Bruno Turnheim
Affiliation:
King's College London
Paula Kivimaa
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
Frans Berkhout
Affiliation:
King's College London
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Innovating Climate Governance
Moving Beyond Experiments
, pp. 1 - 26
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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