Assessing effects of exogenous assumptions in GHG emissions forecasts - a 2020 scenario study for Portugal using the Times energy technology model

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 221-235

  Simoes, Sofia ^a   Fortes, Patrícia ^a   Seixas, Júlia ^a   Huppes, Gjalt ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Energy policy; Greenhouse gases forecasts; Policy scenarios; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCES; GREENHOUSE GASES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE POLICY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY TECHNOLOGY MODELS; POLICY SCENARIO; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT; TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION; UNCERTAINTY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORECASTING METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84958772682     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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