Climate change and peak oil: The urgent need for a transition to a non-carbon-emitting society

Ambio

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Peñuelas, Josep ^a   Carnicer, Jofre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; PETROLEUM;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HEALTH; HUMAN; POLICY; TIME;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; PETROLEUM; PUBLIC POLICY; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77951024540     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-009-0011-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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