Peaking profiles for achieving long-term temperature targets with more likelihood at lower costs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 17931-17936

  Den Elzen, Michel G J ^a   Van Vuuren, Detlef P ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abatement costs; Climate change; Concentration stabilization; Integrated assessment model; Multigas emission pathway

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST; GAS DIFFUSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 36749025758     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0701598104     Document Type: Article

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