'Carbon footprinting': Towards a universally accepted definition

Carbon Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-72

  Wright, Laurence A ^a   Kemp, Simon ^a   Williams, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON-BASED; CURRENT DEFINITION; DATA COLLECTION; FOOTPRINTING; GLOBAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR;

LIFE CYCLE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79954992352     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.10.39     Document Type: Review

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