Cubing the Kyoto Protocol: Post-Copenhagen Regulatory Reforms to Reset the Global Thermostat
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عنوان ژورنال: UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1942-8553,0733-401X
DOI: 10.5070/l5282019955