Drivers of regional decarbonization through 2100: A multi-model decomposition analysis

Energy Economics

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 111-124

  Marcucci, Adriana ^a   Fragkos, Panagiotis ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Backstop technologies; Climate change mitigation pathways; Model inter comparison; Regional decomposition analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECARBONIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GASES;

BACKSTOP TECHNOLOGY; CARBON INTENSITY OF ENERGIES; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODEL VALIDATION; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CHINA; EUROPE; INDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938492459     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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