Implementing Carbon-Footprint-Based Calculation Tools in Municipal Greenhouse Gas Inventories: The Case of Norway

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 965-977

  Larsen, Hogne N ^a   Hertwich, Edgar G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Environmental accounting; Environmental input output analysis; Green procurement; Industrial ecology; Local government

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING; ENVIRONMENTAL INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; GREEN PROCUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

ECOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MITIGATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

NORWAY;

EID: 78650145781     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2010.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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