Quantifying uncertainties influencing the long-term impacts of oil prices on energy markets and carbon emissions

Nature Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  McCollum, David L ^a,b   Jewell, Jessica ^a   Krey, Volker ^a   Bazilian, Morgan ^c   Fay, Marianne ^c   Riahi, Keywan ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; POWER MARKETS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON EMISSIONS; ENERGY MARKETS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; LONG-TERM IMPACTS; OIL AND GAS PRICES; SHEDDING LIGHT;

COSTS;

EID: 85011412445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.77     Document Type: Article

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