Including aviation emissions in the EU ETS: Much ado about nothing? A review

Transport Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-46

  Anger, Annela ^a   Köhler, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aviation; Carbon trading; Climate change; EU ETS

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 70549084935     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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