The uncertainty of climate sensitivity and its implication for the Paris negotiation

Yoichi Kaya1, Mitsutsune Yamaguchi1, Keigo Akimoto1

  • 1Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa-shi, Kyoto 619-0292 Japan.

Sustainability Science
|September 4, 2018
PubMed

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