Aligning corporate greenhouse-gas emissions targets with climate goals

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1057-1060

  Krabbe, Oskar ^a,b   Linthorst, Giel ^a   Blok, Kornelis ^a,c   Crijns Graus, Wina ^b   Van Vuuren, Detlef P ^b,d   Höhne, Niklas ^e,f,k   Faria, Pedro ^g   Aden, Nate ^h,i   Pineda, Alberto Carrillo ^j  

^a ECORYS Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e Ecofys   (Germany)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g CDP   (United Kingdom)

^h WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

^k NewClimate Institute   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MITIGATION; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84948137242     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2770     Document Type: Article

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