Selection of climate policies under the uncertainties in the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 937-943

  Drouet, L ^a,b   Bosetti, V ^a,b,c   Tavoni, M ^a,b,d  

^a FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Centro Euro Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)   (Italy)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MITIGATION; PARAMETERIZATION; POLICY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UTILITY SECTOR;

EID: 84942104142     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2721     Document Type: Article

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