Recent advances in carbon emissions reduction: Policies, technologies, monitoring, assessment and modeling

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Huisingh, Donald ^a   Zhang, Zhihua ^b,c   Moore, John C ^b,c,d   Qiao, Qi ^e   Li, Qi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^e CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage; Carbon emissions reduction; Carbon trade tax schemes; Geoengineering approaches; Implementation of low fossil carbon energy systems; Improved energy use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TAXATION;

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; CARBON TRADES; ENERGY-USE EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL CARBON; GEOENGINEERING;

CARBON;

EID: 84953352457     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.098     Document Type: Article

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