Near-term technology policies for long-term climate targets - Economy wide versus technology specific approaches

Energy Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1557-1576

  Sandén, Björn A ^a   Azar, Christian ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Innovation; Technology policy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAS EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE POLICIES; EMISSION REDUCTION; KYOTO PROTOCOLS;

ENERGY POLICY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 12144266243     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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