Past performance and future needs for low carbon climate resilient infrastructure- An investment perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 773-783

  Kennedy, Christopher ^a   Corfee Morlot, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Gross fixed capital formation; Infrastructure

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE; GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

INVESTMENTS;

CAPITAL FORMATION; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INFRASTRUCTURE; INVESTMENT; OECD;

EID: 84879500044     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.04.031     Document Type: Article

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