Ecuador's Yasuni-ITT Initiative: Avoiding emissions by keeping petroleum underground

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-223

  Larrea, Carlos ^a   Warnars, Lavinia ^b  

^a Department of Management   (Ecuador)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; CDM; Climate change; Deforestation; Ecuador; Environmental justice; Kyoto Protocol; Petroleum; Poverty; REDD; Yasuni ITT Initiative

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; CRUDE OIL; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; POVERTY; REDD; YASUNI-ITT INITIATIVE;

PROVEN RESERVES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; PETROLEUM; POVERTY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349335346     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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