Scenarios towards limiting global mean temperature increase below 1.5 °C

Joeri Rogelj; Alexander Popp; Katherine Calvin; Gunnar Luderer; Johannes Emmerling; David Gernaat; Shinichiro Fujimori; Jessica Strefler; Tomoko Hasegawa; Giacomo Marangoni; Volker Krey; Elmar Kriegler; Keywan Riahi; Detlef P. van Vuuren; Jonathan Doelman; Laurent Drouet; Jae Edmonds; Oliver Fricko; Mathijs Harmsen; Peter Havlík; Florian Humpenöder; Elke Stehfest; Massimo Tavoni

doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0091-3

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 8
Issue: 4
Pages: 325-332
Citations: 1251
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                                    Joeri Rogelj, 
                                
                                    Alexander Popp, 
                                
                                    Katherine Calvin
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Scenarios towards limiting global mean temperature increase below 1.5 °C. 
                            Nature Climate Change
                            , 8
                            (4)
                            , 325-332.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0091-3
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0091-3