The status of integrated assessment in climatic policy making. An overview of inconsistencies underlying response functions

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-75

  Courtois, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Integrated assessment modelling; Policy making; Response function

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOSPHERE; CAPITAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODEL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0346094085     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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