Analysing countries' contribution to climate change: Scientific and policy-related choices

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 614-636

  den Elzen, Michael ^a,i   Fuglestvedt, Jan ^b   Höhne, Niklas ^c   Trudinger, Cathy ^d   Lowe, Jason ^e   Matthews, Ben ^f   Romstad, Bård ^b   de Campos, Christiano Pires ^g   Andronova, Natalia ^h  

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

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c ECOFYS Energy and Environment   (Germany)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁱ Global Sustainability and Climate   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazilian proposal; Climate change; Climate models; Contribution to global climate change; Regional historical emissions

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; ASIA; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; USSR;

EID: 28344432901     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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