Sharing a quota on cumulative carbon emissions

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 873-879

  Raupach, Michael R ^a   Davis, Steven J ^b   Peters, Glen P ^c   Andrew, Robbie M ^c   Canadell, Josep G ^d   Ciais, Philippe ^e   Friedlingstein, Pierre ^f   Jotzo, Frank ^a   Van Vuuren, Detlef P ^g,h   Le Quéré, Corinne ⁱ  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^d Global Carbon Project Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship   (Australia)

^e DIF   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^g PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSIONS TRADING; GLOBAL WARMING; PERSISTENCE; QUOTA SYSTEM;

EID: 84908596066     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2384     Document Type: Review

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