Transnational city carbon footprint networks – Exploring carbon links between Australian and Chinese cities

Applied Energy

Volumn 184, Issue , 2016, Pages 1082-1092

  Chen, Guangwu ^a   Wiedmann, Thomas ^a,b   Wang, Yafei ^c   Hadjikakou, Michalis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Carbon trading; Cities; City carbon footprint network; City carbon map; Multi region input output modelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

CARBON TRADING; CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; GLOBAL NETWORKS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; INPUT-OUTPUT; LOCAL EMISSIONS; TRADING PARTNERS;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; METROPOLITAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA;

EID: 84995903920     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.08.053     Document Type: Article

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