Pathways to a Resource-Efficient and Low-Carbon Europe

Ecological Economics

Volumn 155, Issue , 2019, Pages 88-104

  Distelkamp, Martin ^a   Meyer, Mark ^a  

^a Institute of Economic Structures Research (GWSmbH)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumption based accounting; Decoupling; Dynamic assessment models; Economy energy environment modelling; Macro econometric models; Material and energy use; Material footprint; Multi region input output model; Raw material equivalents; Resource efficiency

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMETRICS; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 85023762156     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.07.014     Document Type: Article

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