Year: 2015
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Chapter 5 analyzes the anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emission trends until the present and the main drivers that explain those trends. The chapter uses different perspectives to analyze past GHG-emissions trends, including aggregate emissions flows and per capita emissions, cumulative emissions, sectoral emissions, and territory-based vs. consumption-based emissions. In all cases, global and regional trends are analyzed. Where appropriate, the emission trends are contextualized with long-term historic developments in GHG emissions extending back to 1750.
Authors: Blanco, Gabriel, Gerlagh, Reyer, Suh, Sangwon, Ahenkorah, Alfred K. Ofosu, Barrett, John, De Coninck, Heleen, Diaz Morejon, Cristobal Felix, Mathur, Ritu, Nakicenovic, Nebojsa, Pan, Jiahua, Pathak, Himanshu, Rice, Jake, Richels, Richard, Smith, Steven, Stern, David, Zhou, Peter P., Toth, Ferenc L.
Institutions: Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Tilburg University, University of California System, University of Leeds, Radboud University Nijmegen, Energy and Resources Institute, TU Wien, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Electric Power Research Institute, Joint Global Change Research Institute, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Atomic Energy Agency
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2103237861