Leapfrogging over development? Promoting rural renewables for climate change mitigation

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1689-1700

  Zerriffi, Hisham ^a   Wilson, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global Environment Facility; Renewable energy; Rural energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON MITIGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DEVELOPED ECONOMIES; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY SERVICES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITIES; INCREMENTAL COST; OPTIMAL POLICIES; PROJECT DOCUMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; RENEWABLES; RURAL ENERGY; RURAL PEOPLE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; RURAL AREAS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ENERGY;

EID: 75149167398     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.026     Document Type: Article

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