Is emission trading a possible policy option for India?

Climate Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 560-574

  Upadhyaya, Prabhat ^a  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Achieve and trade (PAT); Clean development mechanism (CDM); Climate mitigation; Emissions trading scheme; India; Perform; Policy options

Indexed keywords

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;

INDIA;

EID: 77957325755     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2010.0105     Document Type: Article

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