Prioritizing Consumption-Based Carbon Policy Based on the Evaluation of Mitigation Potential Using Input-Output Methods

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 540-552

  Wood, Richard ^a   Moran, Daniel ^a   Stadler, Konstantin ^a   Ivanova, Diana ^a   Steen Olsen, Kjartan ^a   Tisserant, Alexandre ^a   Hertwich, Edgar G ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon footprints; climate policy; industrial ecology; input output analysis; life cycle assessment (LCA); rebound

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CLIMATE POLICY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); REBOUND;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; PRIORITIZATION;

EID: 85035214453     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12702     Document Type: Article

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