Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

Smith, Pete, Davis, Steven J., Creutzig, Felix, Fuss, Sabine, Minx, Jan, Gabrielle, Benoit, Kato, Etsushi, Jackson, Robert B., Cowie, Annette, Kriegler, Elmar, van Vuuren, Detlef P., Rogelj, Joeri, Ciais, Philippe, Milne, Jennifer, Canadell, Josep G., McCollum, David, Peters, Glen, Andrew, Robbie, Krey, Volker, Shrestha, Gyami, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Gasser, Thomas, Grübler, Arnulf, Heidug, Wolfgang K., Jonas, Matthias, Jones, Chris D., Kraxner, Florian, Littleton, Emma, Lowe, Jason, Moreira, José Roberto, Nakicenovic, Nebojsa, Obersteiner, Michael, Patwardhan, Anand, Rogner, Mathis, Rubin, Ed, Sharifi, Ayyoob, Torvanger, Asbjørn, Yamagata, Yoshiki, Edmonds, Jae, Yongsung, Cho·2016·Nature Climate Change
DOI 10.1038/nclimate2870

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