More heat than light?: On the economics of decarbonisation

Sustainable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 70-108

  Edenhofer, Ottmar ^a,b   Knopf, Brigitte ^a   Luderer, Gunnar ^e   Steckel, Jan ^c   Bruckner, Thomas ^d,e  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft   (Germany)

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EID: 79956139837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203841563     Document Type: Chapter

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