Low climate stabilisation under diverse growth and convergence scenarios

Energy Policy

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 288-301

  Markandya, A ^a   Gonzalez Eguino M ^b   Criqui, P ^c   Mima, S ^c  

^a BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^b BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Convergence; Economic growth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; STABILIZATION;

ABATEMENT COSTS; CLIMATE POLICY; CLIMATE STABILIZATION; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; GAS CONCENTRATION; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; GREENHOUSES GAS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLICY APPROACH; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84889572216     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.046     Document Type: Article

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