Global and regional abatement costs of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and of enhanced action to levels well below 2 °C and 1.5 °C

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 71, Issue , 2017, Pages 30-40

  Hof, Andries F ^a,b   den Elzen, Michel G J ^a   Admiraal, Annemiek ^a   Roelfsema, Mark ^a   Gernaat, David E H J ^a,b   van Vuuren, Detlef P ^a,b  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abatement costs; Emission trading; Greenhouse gas emissions; INDCs; NDCs; Paris agreement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANADA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; INDIA; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014406644     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.02.008     Document Type: Article

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