The climate impact of travel behavior: A German case study with illustrative mitigation options

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-282

  Aamaas, Borgar ^a   Borken Kleefeld, Jens ^b   Peters, Glen P ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate impact; Emission metric; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TRAVEL; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84881241516     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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