How should support for climate-friendly technologies be designed?

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 33-45

  Fischer, Carolyn ^a   Torvanger, Asbjørn ^b   Shrivastava, Manish Kumar ^c   Sterner, Thomas ^d   Stigson, Peter ^e  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barriers; Carbon pricing; Climate friendly technologies; Technology policies

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION POLICY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LEARNING; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEARNING; MARKETING; SOCIAL VALUES; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84859710193     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0239-0     Document Type: Article

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