Towards an Efficient and Low Carbon Economy Post-2012: Opportunities and Barriers for Foreign Companies in the Russian Energy Market

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-413

  Garbuzova, Maria ^a   Madlener, Reinhard ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon mitigation; Energy efficiency; Energy service company (ESCO); Green investment scheme (GIS); Joint implementation (JI); Russia

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INVESTMENT; MITIGATION; MODERNIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84858752115     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9332-8     Document Type: Article

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