EU Resource efficiency perspectives in a global context
Resource Efficiency is one of the flagship projects of the European Commission. On this subject, the expected global development of five related aspects has been mapped by the PBL: energy, land use…
Cutting emissions by 2020 to a level that could keep a global, 21st century temperature rise under two degrees Celsius is technologically and economically feasible, according to a comprehensive study…
Climate policy after Kyoto – Analytical insights into key issues in the climate negotiations
Limiting global warming to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels is the objective agreed on in international climate negotiations. Due to upward revisions of greenhouse gas emission projections in emerging…
Forks in the Road - Alternative routes for international climate policies
Several scenarios are possible for future international climate policies, each with a different role in the climate negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC…
Emission pathways consistent with a 2 degree Celsius global temperature limit
As part of the current climate negotiations, it has been agreed that countries should aim to keep the rise of global mean temperature to a maximum of two degree Celsius, compared to pre-industrial…
Model projections for household energy use in India
Energy use in developing countries is heterogeneous across households. Present day global energy models are mostly too aggregate to account for this heterogeneity. Here, a bottom-up model for…
Special issue of Climatic Change journal on the RCP released
A new Special issue of the journal Climatic Change describes four new key scenarios for the climate research community: the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCPs). The RCPs describe a wide range…
Long-term trend in global CO2 emissions; 2011 report
After a 1 % decline in 2009, global carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions increased by more than 5 % in 2010, which is unprecedented in the last two decades. The industrialised countries that ratified the…
An evaluation of the global potential of bioenergy production on degraded lands
In this article the global potential of energy crop production on degraded lands was estimated using detailed, spatially explicit data about the area, type and extent of degradation derived from the…
Exploring the bargaining space within international climate negotiations based on political, economic and environmental considerations
This study provides a conceptual framework for exploring the bargaining space within international climate negotiations based on important economic, political and environmental considerations.
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