Constructing post-carbon institutions: Assessing EU carbon reduction efforts through an institutional risk governance approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 390-403

  LaBelle, Michael ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carbon lock in; Energy policy; Risk governance

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; INVESTMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CARBON LOCK-IN; EUROPEAN UNION EMISSION TRADING SCHEMES; GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; OPERATIONAL METHODS; RISK GOVERNANCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

PUBLIC POLICY;

CARBON EMISSION; DELPHI ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84855738629     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.10.024     Document Type: Article

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