The governance challenge for implementing effective market-based climate policies: A case study of The New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3009-3018

  Passey, Robert ^a   MacGill, Iain ^a   Outhred, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baseline and credit; Governance; White certificates

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GASES;

BASELINE AND CREDIT; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME; GOVERNANCE; GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; WHITE CERTIFICATES;

GAS EMISSIONS;

ABATEMENT COST; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 46049091540     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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