Carbon footprints and embodied carbon at multiple scales

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 245-250

  Peters, Glen P ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INCENTIVE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION POLICY; POLLUTION TAX;

EID: 77957671666     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.05.004     Document Type: Review

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