Economic prospects of ocean iron fertilization in an international carbon market

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-150

  Rickels, Wilfried ^a   Rehdanz, Katrin ^a,b   Oschlies, Andreas ^c  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate engineering; CO 2 market; Emission trading; Ocean iron fertilization

Indexed keywords

CARBON MARKETS; CARBON SINK; COST-EFFICIENCY; CRITICAL UNITS; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; ECONOMIC PROSPECTS; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMISSION TRADING; IRON FERTILIZATION; OCEAN IRON FERTILIZATION; PRICE LEVELS; SIDE EFFECT; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; GAS EMISSIONS; IRON; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; IRON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 83555177606     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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