Urban CO2 mitigation strategies under the Covenant of Mayors: An assessment of 124 European cities

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 169, Issue , 2017, Pages 161-177

  Croci, Edoardo ^a   Lucchitta, Benedetta ^a   Janssens Maenhout, Greet ^b   Martelli, Simone ^b,c,d   Molteni, Tania ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Covenant of mayors experiment; Local actions; Low carbon cities

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTERNATIONAL LAW; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; EMISSION INVENTORIES; EMISSION REDUCTION STRATEGY; EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS; INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION; LOCAL ACTIONS; LOW-CARBON CITIES; POLICIES AND MEASURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85020771148     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.05.165     Document Type: Article

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