Setting national emission ceilings for air pollutants: policy lessons from an ex-post evaluation of the Gothenburg Protocol

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-41

  Kelly, Andrew ^a   Lumbreras, Julio ^b   Maas, Rob ^c   Pignatelli, Tiziano ^d   Ferreira, Francisco ^e   Engleryd, Anna ^f  

^a AP EnvEcon   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^f SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Emission ceilings; Emission drivers; Gothenburg Protocol; Integrated assessment modelling; Lessons; Policy; Projections; Transboundary air pollution; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; POLICY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 73649142367     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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