Linking carbon markets: Concepts, case studies and pathways

Climate Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-357

  Tuerk, Andreas ^a,b   Mehling, Michael ^c   Flachsland, Christian ^d   Sterk, Wolfgang ^e  

^a JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barriers; Carbon markets; Climate regime; Emission trading schemes; Institutional framework; Linking

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; KYOTO PROTOCOL; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349098412     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2009.0621     Document Type: Article

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