Air-pollution emission ranges consistent with the representative concentration pathways

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 446-450

  Rogelj, Joeri ^a,b   Rao, Shilpa ^b   McCollum, David L ^b   Pachauri, Shonali ^b   Klimont, Zbigniew ^b   Krey, Volker ^b   Riahi, Keywan ^b,c  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LEGISLATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; STABILIZATION;

EID: 84901593066     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2178     Document Type: Article

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