Transitions in pathways of human development and carbon emissions

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lamb, W F ^a   Steinberger, J K ^b,c   Bows Larkin, A ^a   Peters, G P ^d   Roberts, J T ^e   Wood, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

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

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; lowcarbon development pathways; sustainable development; world systems theory

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON EMISSIONS; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; ECONOMIC INEQUALITY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; LOW-CARBON DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES;

GOLD;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MITIGATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84928096688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/1/014011     Document Type: Article

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