From carbonization to decarbonization?-Past trends and future scenarios for China's CO2 emissions

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3443-3455

  Steckel, Jan Christoph ^a   Jakob, Michael ^a   Marschinski, Robert ^a,b   Luderer, Gunnar ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon intensity; Chinese climate policy; Kaya decomposition

Indexed keywords

CARBON INTENSITY; CHINESE CLIMATE POLICY; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; EMISSION GROWTH; ENERGY INTENSITY; ENERGY SYSTEMS; KAYA-DECOMPOSITION; STABILIZATION TARGET; TIME HORIZONS;

CARBONIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; STABILIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON EMISSION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MITIGATION;

CHINA;

TORREYA NUCIFERA;

EID: 79955935428     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.042     Document Type: Article

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