A low energy demand scenario for meeting the 1.5 °c target and sustainable development goals without negative emission technologies

Nature Energy

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 515-527

  Grubler, Arnulf ^a   Wilson, Charlie ^a,b   Bento, Nuno ^a,c   Boza Kiss, Benigna ^a   Krey, Volker ^a   McCollum, David L ^a   Rao, Narasimha D ^a   Riahi, Keywan ^a,d,e   Rogelj, Joeri ^a,f   De Stercke, Simon ^a,f   Cullen, Jonathan ^g   Frank, Stefan ^a   Fricko, Oliver ^a   Guo, Fei ^a   Gidden, Matt ^a   Havlík, Petr ^a   Huppmann, Daniel ^a   Kiesewetter, Gregor ^a   Rafaj, Peter ^a   Schoepp, Wolfgang ^a   Valin, Hugo ^a   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; CLIMATE TARGETS; EMISSION TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY INTENSITY; ENERGY SERVICES; ENERGY SUPPLIES; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELLING;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY INTENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL WARMING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85048251290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41560-018-0172-6     Document Type: Article

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