Evaluating U.S. States' Climate Change Initiatives
This publication (in English) is a guide to the US States' climate actions, as well as to regional initiatives in the US and North America.Download (PDF, 393 Ko)This paper was prepared for the meeting 'Federalism and US Climate Change Policy', organized by CFE-IFRI and AJW Group, Inc., on May 24, 2004.
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