RCP 8.5-A scenario of comparatively high greenhouse gas emissions

Climatic Change

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-57

  Riahi, Keywan ^a   Rao, Shilpa ^a   Krey, Volker ^a   Cho, Cheolhung ^a   Chirkov, Vadim ^a   Fischer, Guenther ^a   Kindermann, Georg ^a   Nakicenovic, Nebojsa ^a   Rafaj, Peter ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; ENERGY INTENSITY; GHG EMISSION; GLOBAL ENERGY; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; HIGH ENERGY; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MESSAGE MODEL; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; POLICY-INDUCED CHANGE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BASELINE CONDITIONS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; POLLUTION POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIORITIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 80053907929     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0149-y     Document Type: Article

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