Measuring a fair and ambitious climate agreement using cumulative emissions

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Peters, Glen P ^a   Andrew, Robbie M ^a   Solomon, Susan ^b   Friedlingstein, Pierre ^c  

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon budget; carbon quota; cumulative emissions; equity; INDC; mitigation

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON BUDGETS; CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS; EQUITY; INDC; MITIGATION;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; MITIGATION; POLICY MAKING;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948420553     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/10/105004     Document Type: Article

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