Climate change and the new world economy: Implications for the nature and timing of policy responses

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-396

  Sheehan, Peter ^a   Jones, Roger N ^b   Jolley, Ainsley ^a   Preston, Benjamin L ^b   Clarke, Matthew ^c   Durack, Paul J ^b   Islam, Sardar M N ^a   Whetton, Penny H ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate policy; Integrated assessment

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 53049090191     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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