Can we equitably manage the end of the fossil fuel era?

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 35, Issue , 2018, Pages 217-223

  Lenferna, Georges Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon bubble; Climate justice; Fossil fuels; Stranded assets

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035118078     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.11.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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