The clean development mechanism's low-hanging fruit problem: When might it arise, and how might it be solved?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-465

  Narain, Urvashi ^a   Van 't Veld, Klaas ^b  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); Climate change; International cooperation; Kyoto Protocol; Low hanging fruit problem

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS; EMISSION CONTROL; FINANCE; FRUIT JUICES; FRUITS; GAS EMISSIONS; INVESTMENTS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MECHANISMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PUBLIC POLICY; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS;

(R ,S ,S) POLICY; BUSINESS MEDIA; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM); EMISSIONS (ASPHALT); GREEN HOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; KYOTO PROTOCOL (KP); SPRINGER (CO);

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

ABATEMENT COST; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 45849150403     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-007-9164-x     Document Type: Article

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