The Tyndall decarbonisation scenarios-Part I: Development of a backcasting methodology with stakeholder participation

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3754-3763

  Mander, Sarah L ^a   Bows, Alice ^a   Anderson, Kevin L ^a   Shackley, Simon ^a   Agnolucci, Paolo ^b   Ekins, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backcasting; Energy scenarios; UK

Indexed keywords

BACKCASTING; ENERGY SCENARIOS; TYNDALL; UK;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY PLANNING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 51349109106     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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