Towards a science of climate and energy choices

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 547-555

  Stern, Paul C ^a,b   Sovacool, Benjamin K ^c,d   Dietz, Thomas ^e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENERGY BALANCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84971254990     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3027     Document Type: Review

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