Sensitivity of climate mitigation strategies to natural disturbances

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Le Page, Y ^a   Hurtt, G ^a   Thomson, A M ^a   Bond Lamberty, B ^a   Patel, P ^a   Wise, M ^a   Calvin, K ^a   Kyle, P ^a   Clarke, L ^a   Edmonds, J ^a   Janetos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; climate mitigation; climate policies; integrated assessment; natural disturbances

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; CLIMATE POLICY; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSITION; TERRESTRIAL SEQUESTRATION;

CARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FIRE; HURRICANE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876170762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015018     Document Type: Article

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