Baseline, leakage and measurement issues: How do forestry and energy projects compare?

Climate Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-49

  Chomitz, Kenneth M ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon offsets; Carbon sequestration; Certified emissions reductions; Clean development mechanism; Kyoto protocol; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022227908     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2002.0204     Document Type: Article

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