China's sectoral strategies in energy conservation and carbon mitigation

Climate Policy

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-80

  Wang, Can ^a   Yang, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Junjie ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; climate change policies; energy policy; sectoral emissions

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICAL POWER; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRY; TRANSPORTATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84947494108     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2015.1050346     Document Type: Article

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