The political economy of global carbon emissions reductions

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 915-924

  DeCanio, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation of emissions rights; Climate change; Distribution; Fossil fuels; Global environmental policy; International negotiations; Political economy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 57049137621     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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