Lessons from China: building technological capabilities for low carbon technology transfer and development

Climatic Change

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 387-399

  Watson, Jim ^a   Byrne, Rob ^a   Ockwell, David ^a   Stua, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY; INTERNATIONAL POLICIES; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS; STRATEGIC APPROACHES; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84937520942     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1124-1     Document Type: Article

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