Ten reasons why carbon markets will not bring about radical emissions reduction

Carbon Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 325-337

  Pearse, Rebecca ^a   Böhm, Stefen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon markets; Carbon trading; Climate change; Climate policy; Radical emissions reductions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON MARKETS; CARBON TRADING; CLIMATE POLICY; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; GAS CONCENTRATION; GLOBAL CLIMATES; POLICY SCENARIO; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 84949556491     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2014.990679     Document Type: Article

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