Constructing carbon offsets: The obstacles to quantifying emission reductions

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 533-546

  Millard Ball, Adam ^a   Ortolano, Leonard ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon offsets; Clean development mechanism; Transportation

Indexed keywords

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DECISION MAKERS; ECONOMIC EFFECT; EMISSION REDUCTION; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; INHERENT COMPLEXITY; MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MOBILE SOURCES; TRANSPORT SECTORS;

CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EMISSION CONTROL;

ABATEMENT COST; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 71649086362     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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