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Progress in tackling this historic challenge is much too slow and GHG emissions reduction is not on track at all.
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- Authors
- Pahle, M., Burtraw, D., Flachsland, C., Kelsey, N., Biber, E., Meckling, J., Edenhofer, O., & Zysman, J.
- Affiliations
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (DE)
- Resources For The Future (US)
- Hertie School (DE)
- George Washington University (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Pahle, Michael
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Climate Change
- Published
- 2018-09-28
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 861-867
- ISSN
- 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-6798
- OpenAlex
- W2893050027
- Cited by
- 271
- References
- 75
- Citations by year
- 2026: 44 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 31.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Climate Change (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- OPUS 4 (Zuse Institute Berlin) (submittedVersion)
- Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Sustainable Development
- Keywords
- climate policy stringency, policy sequencing, Paris Agreement, Nationally Determined Contributions, greenhouse gas neutrality, policy pathways, climate policy design, Germany, California
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