Sovereign wealth funds as a new instrument of climate protection policy? A case study of Norway as a pioneer of ethical guidelines for investment policy

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3569-3577

  Reiche, Danyel ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b and Energy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case study; Climate protection policy; Diffusion of policy innovations; Ethical investment; Norway; Sovereign wealth funds

Indexed keywords

GAS INDUSTRY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASE STUDY; CIVIL SOCIETY; CLIMATE PROTECTION; CLIMATE PROTECTION POLICY; INVESTMENT POLICIES; NEW INSTRUMENT; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY;

INVESTMENTS;

CIVIL SOCIETY; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ETHICS; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INNOVATION; OIL INDUSTRY;

NORWAY;

EID: 77955268128     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.04.030     Document Type: Article

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