Equity and energy in global solutions to climate change

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-78

  Ekanayake, Primal ^a   Moriarty, Patrick ^a   Honnery, Damon ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Emission allocation; Equity; Representative concentration pathway RCP2.6

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CLIMATE STABILITY; CONSTRAINT FACTOR; ENERGY SECTOR; EQUITY; GLOBAL SOLUTIONS; HISTORICAL EMISSIONS; REPRESENTATIVE CONCENTRATION PATHWAY RCP2.6;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CANCUN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINTANA ROO;

EID: 84927549307     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: 23524669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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