Costs of meeting international climate targets without nuclear power

Climate Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 327-352

  Duscha, Vicki ^a   Schumacher, Katja ^b   Schleich, Joachim ^a,c,d   Buisson, Pierre ^e  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b Division Environmental Law and Governance Öko Institut   (Germany)

^c GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EnerData   (France)

Author keywords

climate policy; Copenhagen pledges; nuclear power; phase out; post Kyoto

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; NUCLEAR POWER; POLLUTION TAX; TARGETING;

CHINA; INDIA; JAPAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897569511     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2014.852018     Document Type: Article

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