The influence of negative emission technologies and technology policies on the optimal climate mitigation portfolio

Climatic Change

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-162

  Lemoine, Derek M ^b   Fuss, Sabine ^c   Szolgayova, Jana ^c,d   Obersteiner, Michael ^c   Kammen, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT LEVELS; D-POLICY; EMISSION INTENSITY; EMISSION TECHNOLOGY; NATURAL PROCESS; OPTIMAL SELECTION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; TEMPERATURE LIMITS; TIPPING POINT;

OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84862140190     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0269-4     Document Type: Article

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