Climate change effects on mitigation measures: The case of extreme wind events and Philippines' biofuel plan

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1079-1090

  Stromberg, Per M ^a   Esteban, Miguel ^b   Gasparatos, Alexandros ^a,c  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Climate vulnerability; Energy policy; Rural development; Wind damage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HURRICANE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

EID: 82655173919     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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