Household electricity access a trivial contributor to CO 2 emissions growth in India

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1073-1076

  Pachauri, Shonali ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; PUBLIC ACCESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84942077343     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2414     Document Type: Article

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