China's carbon mitigation strategies: Enough?

Energy Policy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-56

  Wang, Can ^a   Cai, Wenjia ^a   Liao, Hua ^b   Lin, Jie ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ambition enhancement; Carbon mitigation strategies; Challenges; China

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; FORESTRY;

CARBON MITIGATION; CHALLENGES; CHINA; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES; INNOVATING TECHNOLOGIES; PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS;

CARBON; DECISION MAKING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SINK; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; MITIGATION; POLICY MAKING;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CHINA; DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84905219011     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.05.041     Document Type: Article

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