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Time, money and tradeoffs

Measurement of the total emissions of greenhouse gases implies specifying 'tradeoffs' of one against another, as in the Kyoto Protocol. In that process, economics has to be taken into account.

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Bradford, D. Time, money and tradeoffs. Nature 410, 649–650 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35070707

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