Carbon footprint assessment: A tool for promoting long-term pollution emission reduction and sustainable development?

Industrial Pollution including Oil Spills

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 207-224

  Kühtz, Silvana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Carbon market; Italy; Offset; SD education; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044411629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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