Characterization of economic requirements for a "carbon-debt-free country"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-163

  Nansai, Keisuke ^a,b   Kagawa, Shigemi ^c   Kondo, Yasushi ^d,e   Suh, Sangwon ^f   Nakajima, Kenichi ^a   Inaba, Rokuta ^a   Oshita, Yuko ^c   Morimoto, Takashi ^g   Kawashima, Kazumasa ^g   Terakawa, Takuji ^g   Tohno, Susumu ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REQUIREMENTS; EMISSIONS CONTROL; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; FINANCIAL SAVINGS; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP; TOTAL EMISSIONS;

EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; JAPAN;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

JAPAN;

EID: 84855316987     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202007b     Document Type: Article

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