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Mainstreaming climate change in development co-operation policy: conditions for success

This is a chapter which is part of the book Making Climate Change Work for Us: European Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies.

Åsa Persson, Richard J.T. Klein / Published on 10 September 2010
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Gupta, J., Persson, Å., Olsson, L., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., van der Grijp, N., Jerneck, A., Klein, R.J.T., Thompson, M., and Patt, A. (2010). Mainstreaming climate change in development co-operation policy: conditions for success. M. Hulme and H. Neufeldt (eds.) Making Climate Change Work for Us. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 319-339.

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SEI authors

Åsa Persson
Åsa Persson

Senior Research Fellow

SEI Headquarters

Richard J.T. Klein
Richard J.T. Klein

SEI Affiliated Researcher

SEI Oxford