Diffusion of low-carbon technologies and the feasibility of long-term climate targets

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 90, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 103-118

  Iyer, Gokul ^a   Hultman, Nathan ^a   Eom, Jiyong ^b   McJeon, Haewon ^a   Patel, Pralit ^a   Clarke, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon free energy; Climate change; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIFFUSION; FREE ENERGY;

CARBON-FREE; DIFFUSION CONSTRAINTS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; MITIGATION COSTS; STABILIZATION TARGET; TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; STABILIZATION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

EID: 84916887569     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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