Personal carbon trading: A policy ahead of its time?

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 6868-6876

  Fawcett, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Personal carbon trading; Personal energy use; Social acceptability

Indexed keywords

CARBON TRADING; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; HIGH COSTS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; IN-LINE; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; PERSONAL ENERGY; PERSONAL TRAVEL; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RUNNING COST; SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY; SOCIAL CHANGES;

COMMERCE; EMISSION CONTROL; TAXATION;

PUBLIC POLICY;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; TAX SYSTEM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957797078     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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