An energy vision: The transformation towards sustainability-interconnected challenges and solutions

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-34

  van Vuuren, D P ^a,b   Nakicenovic, N ^c,d   Riahi, K ^c,e   Brew Hammond, A ^f   Kammen, D ^g   Modi, V ^g   Nilsson, M ^h   Smith, K R ⁱ  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Library   (Austria)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VISION;

EID: 84863413073     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.01.004     Document Type: Review

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