Robustness of climate metrics under climate policy ambiguity

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-52

  Ekholm, Tommi ^a   Lindroos, Tomi J ^a   Savolainen, Ilkka ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate economics; Climate metric; Climate policy

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84876886740     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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