Pathways of human development and carbon emissions embodied in trade

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-85

  Steinberger, Julia K ^a,b   Timmons Roberts, J ^c   Peters, Glen P ^d   Baiocchi, Giovanni ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 84857468841     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1371     Document Type: Article

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