Socioeconomic impact assessment of China's CO2 emissions peak prior to 2030

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 142, Issue , 2017, Pages 2227-2236

  Mi, Zhifu ^a,b   Wei, Yi Ming ^a   Wang, Bing ^a,c   Meng, Jing ^b   Liu, Zhu ^d   Shan, Yuli ^b   Liu, Jingru ^e   Guan, Dabo ^a,b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; China; Input output; Integrated assessment model; Optimization model; Peak

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMICS; MACHINERY; OPTIMIZATION;

CARBON EMISSIONS; CHINA; INPUT-OUTPUT; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; PEAK;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 85006761743     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.11.055     Document Type: Article

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