Assessing China's carbon intensity pledge for 2020: Stringency and credibility issues and their implications

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-235

  Zhang, ZhongXiang ^a,b,c,d  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon intensity; China; Climate commitments; Post Copenhagen climate change negotiations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052359235     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10018-011-0012-4     Document Type: Article

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