Energy poverty alleviation and climate change mitigation: Is there a trade off?

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chakravarty, Shoibal ^a   Tavoni, Massimo ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^c CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basic human needs; Climate change; Energy; Energy inequality; Energy poverty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY; ENERGY INEQUALITY; ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES; ENERGY POVERTIES; HUMAN NEEDS; SOURCES OF ENERGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ACCESSIBILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84888351973     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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