2°C and SDGs: United they stand, divided they fall?

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Von Stechow, Christoph ^a,b,c   Minx, Jan C ^a,b,d   Riahi, Keywan ^e,f   Jewell, Jessica ^e   McCollum, David L ^e   Callaghan, Max W ^d   Bertram, Christoph ^b   Luderer, Gunnar ^b   Baiocchi, Giovanni ^g  

^a MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE   (Germany)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^f GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change mitigation; climate policy; co benefits; energy efficiency; mitigation risks; risk management; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANNING; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE POLICY; CO BENEFITS; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INTERNATIONAL LAW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84961908096     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034022     Document Type: Article

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