Key indicators to track current progress and future ambition of the Paris Agreement

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 118-122

  Peters, Glen P ^a   Andrew, Robbie M ^a   Canadell, Josep G ^b   Fuss, Sabine ^c   Jackson, Robert B ^d   Korsbakken, Jan Ivar ^a   Le Quéré, Corinne ^e   Nakicenovic, Nebojsa ^f  

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

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

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

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85011629413     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3202     Document Type: Article

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