On the economics of decarbonization in an imperfect world

Climatic Change

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Edenhofer, Ottmar ^a,b   Carraro, Carlo ^c,d,e   Hourcade, Jean Charles ^f  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^d CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^f CNRS   (France)

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EID: 84865427883     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0549-7     Document Type: Editorial

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