A sensitivity analysis of timing and costs of greenhouse gas emission reductions

Climatic Change

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 39-71

  Gerlagh, Reyer ^a   Van Der Zwaan, Bob ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS; ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COSTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GREENHOUSES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; EMISSION CONTROL; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942539607     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000037497.49722.c5     Document Type: Article

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