Fossil fuel addiction and the implications for climate change policy

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 598-608

  Suranovic, Steven ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fossil fuel addiction; Global environmental policy; Oil addiction

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84877085565     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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