Flexibility mechanisms and sustainable development: Lessons from five AIJ projects

Climate Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-276

  Gupta, Joyeeta ^a   van Beukering, Pieter ^a   van Asselt, Harro ^a   Brander, Luke ^a   Hess, Sebastian ^a   van der Leeuw, Kim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities Implemented Jointly; AIJ; CDM; Developing countries; Development and climate; Renewable energy; South North; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48449100342     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2007.0463     Document Type: Article

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