Mitigation implications of midcentury targets that preserve long-term climate policy options

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

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1011-1016

  O'Neill, Brian C ^a,b   Riahi, Keywan ^b   Keppo, Ilkka ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Emission target; Integrated assessment; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LAND USE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 75749097741     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903797106     Document Type: Article

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