Climate and energy policy in Hungary

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 494-517

  Szlavik, Janos ^a   Csete, Maria ^b  

^a ESZTERHÁZY KÁROLY UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Energy efficiency; Energy strategy; Hungary; Social cost

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE POLICY; DISSEMINATION INITIATIVES; ENERGY STRATEGY; FOSSIL ENERGY SOURCES; HUNGARY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS; SOCIAL COST;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84857754545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5020494     Document Type: Article

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