Drivers of change in Brazil's carbon dioxide emissions

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 815-824

  Lenzen, Manfred ^a   Schaeffer, Roberto ^b   Karstensen, Jonas ^c   Peters, Glen P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CARRIERS; NATIONAL POLICIES; POPULATION SIZES; PRODUCTION STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS;

ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUGAR CANE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; ETHANOL; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION SIZE; SUGAR CANE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84888246711     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0930-1     Document Type: Article

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