Does energy consumption contribute to climate change? Evidence from major regions of the world

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-134

  Akhmat, Ghulam ^a   Zaman, Khalid ^b   Shukui, Tan ^a   Sajjad, Faiza ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Department of Management Sciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Energy consumption; Living organisms threatened; Topography; Water system; World

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900421607     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.04.044     Document Type: Review

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