CO2 emissions from the transport of China's exported goods

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5790-5798

  Andersen, Otto ^a   Gössling, Stefan ^a,b,c   Simonsen, Morten ^a   Walnum, Hans Jakob ^a   Peeters, Paul ^d   Neiberger, Cordula ^e  

^a WESTERN NORWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air transport; Shipping; Trade

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GASES; SHIPS;

AIR TRANSPORT; EMISSION REDUCTION; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; KYOTO AGREEMENTS; PRODUCTION SHIFT;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPORT; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; SHIPPING;

CHINA;

EID: 77956418000     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.030     Document Type: Article

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