Research priorities for negative emissions

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Fuss, S ^a   Jones, C D ^b   Kraxner, F ^c   Peters, G P ^d   Smith, P ^e   Tavoni, M ^f   Van Vuuren, D P ^g,l   Canadell, J G ^h   Jackson, R B ⁱ   Milne, J ⁱ   Moreira, J R ^j   Nakicenovic, N ^c   Sharifi, A ^k   Yamagata, Y ^k  

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

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^g PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^l UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

1.5 C; carbon dioxide removal; climate change; negative emissions; Paris Agreement; sustainability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATE STABILIZATION; CLIMATE TARGETS; EMISSION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH NEEDS; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COST ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SUSTAINABILITY;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 85006060299     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/115007     Document Type: Article

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