Emission allowances and mitigation costs of China and India resulting from different effort-sharing approaches

Energy Policy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 116-134

  van Ruijven, Bas J ^a   Weitzel, Matthias ^b   den Elzen, Michel G J ^a   Hof, Andries F ^a   van Vuuren, Detlef P ^a,c   Peterson, Sonja ^b   Narita, Daiju ^b  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Climate policy; India

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COSTS; CHINA; CLIMATE POLICY; EMISSION ALLOWANCES; EMISSION LEVEL; EMISSION TRADING; EMISSIONS TRADING; GLOBAL CLIMATES; INDIA; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MITIGATION COSTS; REDUCTION TARGETS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MITIGATION;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 84861223030     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.042     Document Type: Article

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