A review of Chinese CO2 emission projections to 2030: the role of economic structure and policy

Climate Policy

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-39

  Grubb, Michael ^a   Sha, Fu ^b   Spencer, Thomas ^c   Hughes, Nick ^a   Zhang, Zhongxiang ^d   Agnolucci, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation   (China)

^c SCIENCES PO   (France)

^d TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; climate change; CO2 emissions; emission projections; energy models; macroeconomic effects

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC POLICY; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY PLANNING; FORECASTING METHOD; MACROECONOMICS; OECD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

TORREYA NUCIFERA;

EID: 84947210850     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2015.1101307     Document Type: Article

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