Emerging carbon constraints for corporate risk management

Ecological Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 518-528

  Busch, Timo ^a   Hoffmann, Volker H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon exposure; Climate change; Disposition of fossil fuels; Risk management

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 34247566513     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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