Carbon mitigation in domains of high consumer lock-in

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 52, Issue , 2018, Pages 117-130

  Ivanova, Diana ^a   Vita, Gibran ^a   Wood, Richard ^a   Lausselet, Carine ^a   Dumitru, Adina ^b   Krause, Karen ^c   Macsinga, Irina ^d   Hertwich, Edgar G ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^e Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon intensity; Climate change mitigation; Consumer behavior; Determinants; Lock In; Policy measures

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOSSIL FUEL; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MITIGATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 85049803798     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.06.006     Document Type: Article

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