The ‘2°C capital stock’ for electricity generation: Committed cumulative carbon emissions from the electricity generation sector and the transition to a green economy

This paper defines the ‘2°C capital stock’ as the global stock of infrastructure which, if operated to the end of its normal economic life, implies global mean temperature increases of 2°C or more (with 50% probability). Using IPCC carbon budgets and the IPCC’s AR5 scenario database, and assuming fu...

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Автори: Pfeiffer, A, Millar, R, Hepburn, C, Beinhocker, E
Формат: Journal article
Опубліковано: Elsevier 2016