Data for long-term marginal abatement cost curves of non-CO2 greenhouse gases

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Marginal Cost II
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Mathijs J H M Harmsen1,2, Detlef P van Vuuren1,2, Dali R Nayak3

  • 1PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, NL-2594 AV, The Hague, the Netherlands.

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|August 31, 2019
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Climate policyMAC curvesMitigationNon-CO2

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