Reduction targets and abatement costs of developing countries resulting from global and developed countries' reduction targets by 2050

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 491-512

  den Elzen, Michel G J ^a   Beltran, Angelica Mendoza ^a   Hof, Andries F ^a   van Ruijven, Bas ^a   van Vliet, Jasper ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canc n agreements; Climate change; Copenhagen accord; Developing countries; Greenhouse gas emissions; Long term targets; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLLUTION TAX; UNITED NATIONS;

BRAZIL; CHINA; INDIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84874701957     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-012-9371-9     Document Type: Article

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