Alternative pathways to the 1.5 °c target reduce the need for negative emission technologies

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 391-397

  Van Vuuren, Detlef P ^a,b   Stehfest, Elke ^a   Gernaat, David E H J ^a,b   Van Den Berg, Maarten ^a   Bijl, David L ^b   De Boer, Harmen Sytze ^a,b   Daioglou, Vassilis ^a,b   Doelman, Jonathan C ^a   Edelenbosch, Oreane Y ^a,b   Harmsen, Mathijs ^a,b   Hof, Andries F ^a,b   Van Sluisveld, Mariësse A E ^a,b  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AFFORESTATION; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ELECTRIFICATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOOD PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT;

EID: 85045256865     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0119-8     Document Type: Article

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