The promotion of dams through the clean development mechanism: between sustainable climate protection and carbon colonialism

Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research

Volumn , Issue 9789400727977, 2014, Pages 149-168

  Erlewein, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon offsetting; Climate justice; Hydropower; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031729587     PISSN: 18797180     EISSN: 18797199     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2798-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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