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Policy Update: Multicomponent climate policy: why do emission metrics matter?

Katsumasa Tanaka Center for International Climate & Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO), P.O. Box 1129 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Norway;[email protected]
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Glen P Peters Center for International Climate & Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO), P.O. Box 1129 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Norway
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Jan S Fuglestvedt Center for International Climate & Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO), P.O. Box 1129 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Norway
Pages 191-197 | Published online: 10 Apr 2014

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