The benefits of climate change mitigation in integrated assessment models: The role of the carbon cycle and climate component

Climatic Change

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 897-917

  Hof, Andries F ^a   Hope, Chris W ^b   Lowe, Jason ^c   Mastrandrea, Michael D ^d   Meinshausen, Malte ^e,f   van Vuuren, Detlef P ^a,g  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; CARBON CYCLES; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE DYNAMICS; CLIMATE POLICY; CLIMATE SYSTEM; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DAMAGE ESTIMATES; DISCOUNTING METHODS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; INTEGRATING INFORMATION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84864550933     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0363-7     Document Type: Article

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