Methane emission reduction: An application of Fund

Climatic Change

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 71-98

  Tol, Richard S J ^a,b,c   Heintz, Roebyem J ^a   Lammers, Petronella E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OPTIMIZATION;

METHANE EMISSIONS;

METHANE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE;

EID: 0037372733     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022196517982     Document Type: Article

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