Resolving society's energy trilemma through the Energy Justice Metric

Energy Policy

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 168-176

  Heffron, Raphael J ^a   McCauley, Darren ^b   Sovacool, Benjamin K ^c,d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy and ethics; Energy justice; Energy justice metric; Energy sustainability; Energy trilemma

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC MODELS; ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES; ENERGY JUSTICES; ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY; ENERGY TRILEMMA; EUROPEAN UNION; TERNARY PHASE DIAGRAMS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMETRICS; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ETHICS; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945535148     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.08.033     Document Type: Article

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