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“Carbon Bombs” - Mapping key fossil fuel projects

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  • Kühne, Kjell
  • Bartsch, Nils
  • Tate, Ryan Driskell
  • Higson, Julia
  • Habet, André

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Meeting the Paris targets requires reducing both fossil fuel demand and supply, and closing the “production gap” between climate targets and energy policy. But there is no supply-side mitigation roadmap yet. We need criteria to decide where to focus efforts.

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  • Kühne, Kjell & Bartsch, Nils & Tate, Ryan Driskell & Higson, Julia & Habet, André, 2022. "“Carbon Bombs” - Mapping key fossil fuel projects," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:166:y:2022:i:c:s0301421522001756
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112950
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