Integrated assessment for setting greenhouse gas emission targets under the condition of great uncertainty about the probability and impact of abrupt climate change

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-99

  Kosugi, T ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catastrophe; Climate change; Global warming; Hazard function; Integrated assessment model; Irreversibility; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAPHICAL METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 73649132603     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.200900157     Document Type: Article

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