A greenhouse gas footprint analysis of UK Central Government, 1990-2008

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1041-1051

  Wiedmann, Thomas ^a,b,d   Barrett, John ^c  

^a Centre for Sustainability Accounting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Central Government; Defence; Greenhouse gas accounting; Input output analysis; Public Administration; Scope 3 emissions; Time series

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 82655162142     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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