China's 2020 clean energy target: Consistency, pathways and policy implications

Energy Policy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 692-700

  Yuan, Jiahai ^a   Xu, Yan ^a   Zhang, Xingping ^a   Hu, Zheng ^b   Xu, Ming ^c  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Clean energy development; CO2 emissions

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLEAN ENERGY; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT;

CHINA;

EID: 84890309740     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.09.061     Document Type: Article

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