Possible energy futures for Brazil and Latin America in conservative and stringent mitigation pathways up to 2050

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-210

  Herreras Martínez, Sara ^a   Koberle, Alexandre ^b,d   Rochedo, Pedro ^b   Schaeffer, Roberto ^b   Lucena, Andre ^b   Szklo, Alexandre ^b   Ashina, Shuichi ^c   van Vuuren, Detlef P ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazil; Climate change; Climate policies; Emissions; Integrated assessment models; Latin America

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; WIND POWER;

BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE POLICY; EMISSION REDUCTION; ENERGY AND EMISSIONS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; LATIN AMERICA; SOCIAL CHALLENGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MITIGATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

BRAZIL; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84941168201     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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