Rational climate mitigation goals

Energy Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 285-292

  Edvardsson Björnberg, Karin ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate mitigation; Goal setting; Rationality

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; ANTHROPOGENIC INTERFERENCE; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; GHG ABATEMENTS; GOAL-SETTING; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); RATIONALITY;

ENERGY POLICY;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ACTION PLAN; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; POLLUTION POLICY; STANDARD (REGULATION); UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84875217293     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.057     Document Type: Article

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