Governance and legitimacy aspects of the UK biofuel carbon and sustainability reporting system

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2669-2678

  Upham, Paul ^a   Tomei, Julia ^b   Dendler, Leonie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Governance; Legitimacy

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CO-PRODUCTION; GOVERNANCE; LABELLING SCHEMES; LEGITIMACY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POST-NORMAL SCIENCE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING; TRANSPORT FUEL;

PUBLIC POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; ENERGY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79953306414     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.036     Document Type: Article

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