The role of technological availability for the distributive impacts of climate change mitigation policy

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6030-6039

  Lüken, Michael ^a   Edenhofer, Ottmar ^a   Knopf, Brigitte ^a   Leimbach, Marian ^a   Luderer, Gunnar ^a   Bauer, Nico ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Energy economy environment model; Welfare redistribution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE POLICY; EMISSION PERMITS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY-ECONOMY-ENVIRONMENT MODEL; FOSSIL ENERGY; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; MARKET VOLUME; MITIGATION COSTS; PERMIT ALLOCATION; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; WELFARE REDISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MITIGATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 80052745428     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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