Countries' emission allowances towards the low-carbon world: A consistent study

Applied Energy

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 218-228

  Pan, Xunzhang ^a,b   Teng, Fei ^a   Tian, Yalin ^a   Wang, Gehua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Consistent study; Cumulative allowances; Effort sharing schemes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CONSISTENT STUDY; CUMULATIVE ALLOWANCES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EMISSION ALLOWANCES; GINI COEFFICIENTS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN BEING; SHARING SCHEMES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; EQUITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LITERATURE REVIEW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84935001614     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.06.011     Document Type: Article

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