The world at a crossroads: Financial scenarios for sustainability

Energy Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 611-617

  Carnicer, Jofre ^a,b   Peñuelas, Josep ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Financial system; Renewable energy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC COSTS; FINANCIAL FLOWS; FINANCIAL SECTORS; FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL SOCIETY; GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL TRANSITIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FINANCE;

ENERGY POLICY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84864964542     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.05.065     Document Type: Article

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