Leveraging material efficiency as an energy and climate instrument for heavy industries in the EU
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- Authors
- Hernandez, A. G., Cooper-Searle, S., Skelton, A. C. H., & Cullen, J. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Cullen, Jonathan M.
- Venue
- Energy Policy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-09
- Volume
- 120
- Pages
- 533-549
- ISSN
- 0301-4215 (ISSN-L)
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- W2806665088
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- 6.09
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- en
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- European Commission
- European Environment Agency
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Energy Efficiency and Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Keywords
- material efficiency, heavy industry, climate policy, embodied energy, carbon emission reduction, emissions trading system, policy lock-in, policy framing, multiple streams framework, rational choice institutionalism, historical institutionalism, industry lobbying, low-carbon transition, policy coordination
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