Emissions intensity targeting: From China's 12th Five Year Plan to its Copenhagen commitment

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 1164-1177

  Lu, Yingying ^a   Stegman, Alison ^a   Cai, Yiyong ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

China climate policy; Emissions intensity targeting; G Cubed model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE POLICY; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; COPENHAGEN ACCORDS; DEVELOPED ECONOMIES; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; EMISSIONS INTENSITY; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATIONAL PLANNING; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

CHINA;

EID: 84881666810     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.075     Document Type: Article

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