Three views of two degrees

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 15-26

  Jaeger, Carlo C ^a,b   Jaeger, Julia ^c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ECF (European Climate Forum)   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 degree limit; Climate policy; Costbenefit analysis; Dangerous anthropogenic interference; Tipping points

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952106528     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0190-9     Document Type: Article

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