A carbon emissions reduction index: Integrating the volume and allocation of regional emissions

Applied Energy

Volumn 184, Issue , 2016, Pages 1154-1164

  Chen, Jiandong ^a   Cheng, Shulei ^a   Song, Malin ^b   Wu, Yinyin ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions reduction index; Carbon emissions volume; Emissions reduction pressure; Gini coefficient of carbon emissions; Index decomposition; Tolerance parameter

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; CHINESE GOVERNMENT; EFFECT OF CARBONS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; IMPACT PRESSURES; PRIMARY FACTORS; RESOURCE ENDOWMENTS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDEX METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POLICY MAKING;

CHINA;

EID: 84961226403     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.032     Document Type: Article

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