Temperature increase of 21st century mitigation scenarios

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

Volumn 105, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 15258-15262

  Van Vuuren, D P ^a   Meinshausen, M ^b   Plattner, G K ^c,d   Joos, F ^d   Strassmann, K M ^d   Smith, S J ^e   Wigley, T M L ^f   Raper, S C B ^g   Riahi, K ^h,i   De La Chesnaye, F ^j   Den Elzen, M G J ^a   Fujino, J ^k   Jiang, K ^l   Nakicenovic, N ^k   Paltsev, S ^m   Reilly, J M ^m  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

ⁱ GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^j ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^l Energy Research Institute   (China)

^m MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Climate; Climate policy; Integrated assessment; Scenario; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 55749106792     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711129105     Document Type: Article

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