The AVOID programme's new simulations of the global benefits of stringent climate change mitigation

Climatic Change

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 55-70

  Warren, R ^a   Lowe, J A ^b   Arnell, N W ^b   Hope, C ^c   Berry, P ^d   Brown, S ^e   Gambhir, A ^f   Gosling, S N ^g   Nicholls, R J ^e   O'Hanley, J ^h   Osborn, T J ^a   Osborne, T ^b   Price, J ^a   Raper, S C B ⁱ   Rose, G ^b   Vanderwal, J ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; ENERGY TECHNOLOGY MODELS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; QUANTITATIVE SIMULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SELF-CONSISTENT APPROACH;

ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GASES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881583529     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0814-4     Document Type: Article

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