Four problems with global carbon markets: A critical review

Energy and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 681-694

  Sovacool, Benjamin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

carbon credits; Clean Development Mechanism; European Union; Kyoto Protocol; United States

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMERCE; EMISSION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL LAW;

CARBON CREDITS; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; EUROPEAN UNION; KYOTO PROTOCOL; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; EUROPEAN UNION; HOMOGENEITY; INFORMATION; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052849963     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.22.6.681     Document Type: Review

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