New renewable energy sources, green energy development and climate change: Implications to Pacific Island countries

Management of Environmental Quality

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-274

  Mohanty, Manoranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Bio fuel; Climate change; Global warming; Green energy; Green growth; Pacific Island countries; Renewable energy; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859384065     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831211217468     Document Type: Article

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