Catching two European birds with one renewable stone: Mitigating climate change and Eurozone crisis by an energy transition

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 1015-1028

  Creutzig, Felix ^a,b   Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph ^c   Lehmann, Paul ^d   Schmid, Eva ^e   Von Blücher, Felix ^e   Breyer, Christian ^f   Fernandez, Blanca ^a,b   Jakob, Michael ^a,e   Knopf, Brigitte ^e   Lohrey, Steffen ^a,b   Susca, Tiziana ^a,g   Wiegandt, Konstantin ^h  

^a MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^g HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE   (Germany)

^h QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy transition; Europe; Multiple objective policy framework; Renewable energies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH RISKS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENERGY TRANSITIONS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHICAL PERIPHERIES; POLICY FRAMEWORK; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY INSTALLATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84905023956     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.028     Document Type: Review

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