Long-term reductions in costs of controlling regional air pollution in Europe due to climate policy

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-365

  Van Harmelen, Toon ^a   Bakker, Joost ^a   De Vries, Bert ^b   Van Vuuren, Detlef ^b   Den Elzen, Michel ^b   Mayerhofer, Petra ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abatement costs; Climate change; Cost effectiveness; Emissions; Europe; Integrated assessment; Marginal costs; Regional air pollution; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036697819     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(02)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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