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Making climate change governable: accounting for carbon as sinks, credits and personal budgets

Eva Lövbrand Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research (CSPR), Linköping University, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Johannes Stripple Department of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden
Pages 187-200 | Published online: 21 Jun 2011

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