Sharing developed countries' post-2012 greenhouse gas emission reductions based on comparable efforts

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 433-465

  den Elzen, Michel G J ^a   Höhne, Niklas ^b   Hagemann, Markus M ^b   van Vliet, Jasper ^a   van Vuuren, Detlef P ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b Ecofys Germany GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Copenhagen accord; Greenhouse gas emissions; Mitigation costs; Pledges; Reduction targets

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; REDUCTION; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

DENMARK; HOVEDSTADEN; KOBENHAVN [(RGG) HOVEDSTADEN]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952321232     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-010-9227-0     Document Type: Article

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