Is wartime mobilisation a suitable policy model for rapid national climate mitigation?

Energy Policy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 371-380

  Delina, Laurence L ^a   Diesendorf, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate mitigation; Energy transition; Wartime mobilisation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; DEMOCRATIC PROCESS; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GLOBAL CLIMATE IMPACT; HISTORICAL ACCOUNT; MOBILISATION; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84877130235     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.03.036     Document Type: Article

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