Multiple carbon accounting to support just and effective climate policies

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-41

  Steininger, Karl W ^a   Lininger, Christian ^a   Meyer, Lukas H ^a   Munõz, Pablo ^b   Schinko, Thomas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b United Nations University UNU   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84951325757     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2867     Document Type: Article

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