Evaluating the impacts of global environmental assessments
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Evaluating the Influence of Global Environmental Assessments
Introduction Global environmental changes and scientific assessments of those changes have become increasingly common elements in international, national, and even local policymaking and decision making. Do assessments of the causes of, impacts of, and options for dealing with global environmental problems influence how society addresses those prob-lems? How do those assessments influence polic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Science & Policy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1462-9011
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.03.009