Improving poverty and inequality modelling in climate research

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 857-862

  Rao, Narasimha D ^a   Van Ruijven, Bas J ^b   Riahi, Keywan ^a   Bosetti, Valentina ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EQUITY; HETEROGENEITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; RESEARCH WORK; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 85036623407     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-017-0004-x     Document Type: Review

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