Assessing carbon lock-in

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Erickson, Peter ^a   Kartha, Sivan ^a   Lazarus, Michael ^a   Tempest, Kevin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carbon lock in; climate policy; path dependency; scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS PLANTS;

CARBON LOCK-IN; CLIMATE POLICY; CLIMATE PROTECTION; COAL POWER PLANTS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; PATH DEPENDENCY; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEM;

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; POWER PLANT;

EID: 84951836196     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084023     Document Type: Article

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