Voluntary business activities to mitigate climate change: Case studies in Japan

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 1086-1090

  Wakabayashi, Masayo ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Energy efficiency; Voluntary agreement

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS; BUSINESS ORGANISATION; CLIMATE POLICY; EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACTION PLAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLIANCE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MITIGATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

JAPAN;

EID: 84887183855     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.027     Document Type: Article

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