The Clean Development Mechanism as ethical development?: Reconciling emissions trading and local development

Journal of International Development

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 836-854

  Boyd, Emily ^a,b   Goodman, Michael K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CDM; Climate change; Ethical development

Indexed keywords

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ETHICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 80051756774     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1813     Document Type: Article

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