Introducing population-adjusted historical contributions to global warming

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 142-152

  Rive, Nathan ^a   Fuglestvedt, Jan S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Burden sharing; Climate change; Historical contribution; Historical population

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 38949114936     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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