Keeping global climate change within 1.5 °C through net negative electric cities

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 30, Issue , 2018, Pages 18-25

  Kennedy, Chris ^a   Stewart, Iain D ^b   Westphal, Michael I ^c   Facchini, Angelo ^d,e   Mele, Renata ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^e Institute of Complex Systems   (Italy)

^f ENEL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIFICATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 85042863362     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.02.009     Document Type: Review

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