Quantifying the social equity of carbon mitigation strategies

Climate Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 690-703

  Casillas, Christian E ^a   Kammen, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change mitigation; development and climate; equity; local policy; poverty alleviation; socio economic impacts

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENDER DISPARITY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; MITIGATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VILLAGE;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 84864685377     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2012.669097     Document Type: Article

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