Designing climate change mitigation plans that add up

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 8062-8069

  Bajželj, Bojana ^a   Allwood, Julian M ^a   Cullen, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT OPTIONS; ALLOCATION MATRICES; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DEMAND REDUCTION; MITIGATION OPTIONS; MITIGATION PLANS; TECHNICAL POTENTIAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABATEMENT COST; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION INVENTORY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN NEEDS; INDUSTRY; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

EID: 84880561715     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400399h     Document Type: Article

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