Sectoral marginal abatement cost curves: Implications for mitigation pledges and air pollution co-benefits for Annex I countries

Sustainability Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-184

  Wagner, Fabian ^a   Amann, Markus ^a   Borken Kleefeld, Jens ^a   Cofala, Janusz ^a   Höglund Isaksson, Lena ^a   Purohit, Pallav ^a   Rafaj, Peter ^a   Schöpp, Wolfgang ^a   Winiwarter, Wilfried ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Annex I pledges; Co benefits; GAINS model; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Marginal abatement costs; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863320144     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-012-0167-3     Document Type: Article

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