Governance and technology transfer in the clean development mechanism in India

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1594-1604

  Phillips, Jon ^a   Das, Kasturi ^b   Newell, Peter ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); Clean Energy; Governance; India; Innovation; Technology Transfer

Indexed keywords

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; MARKET SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84889087432     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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