Regional climate change and national responsibilities

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Hansen, James ^a   Sato, Makiko ^a  

^a Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

climate policy; fossil fuels; global warming; migration; regional climate

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE POLICY; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATION; NATURAL VARIABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL WARMING; LATITUDE; MIGRATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84962300512     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034009     Document Type: Article

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