Triggering the low-carbon transition in the aftermath of the global financial crisis

Climate Policy

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 22-35

  Hourcade, Jean Charles ^a   Shukla, Priyadarshi ^b,c  

^a Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cancun Agreements; climate change negotiations; climate finance; low carbon transition; social cost of carbon; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; PARADIGM SHIFT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873278693     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2012.751687     Document Type: Article

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