Climate change: economics or science? The importance of the Copenhagen Summit. Technology innovation, reduction in carbon use or market trading and economic growth? The economics of the environment at a cross roads

International Journal of Green Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 235-364

  Kennet, Miriam ^a   Baster, Naomi ^a   Gale, Michele ^a   Tickell, Oliver ^a  

^a The Green Economics Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economics of climate change; economics of the environment; environmental economics; green economics; intergenerational equity; The Stern Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886477847     PISSN: 17449928     EISSN: 17449936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijge.2009.031320     Document Type: Article

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