Carbon flows, carbon markets, and low-carbon lifestyles:Reflecting on the role of markets in climategovernance

Environmental Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 174-193

  Spaargaren, Gert ^a   Mol, Arthur P J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carbon governance; carbon markets; domestic consumption practices; ecological modernisation; low carbon transitions

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84874127870     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2013.755840     Document Type: Article

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