Sectoral crediting mechanism: How far China has to go

Energy Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 770-778

  Cai, Wenjia ^a   Wang, Can ^a   Chen, Jining ^a   Wang, Siqiang ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The National Development and Reform Commission   (China)

Author keywords

China; Practical issues; Sectoral crediting mechanism

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CAPACITY PROBLEMS; CARBON CREDITS; CARBON MARKETS; CHINA; COMPROMISE SOLUTIONS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EMISSION REDUCTION; MITIGATION COSTS; PRACTICAL ISSUES; PRICE SYSTEM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON;

CREDIT PROVISION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY POLICY;

CHINA;

EID: 84865035874     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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