Mark Diesendorf

Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a call to action on climate change, filled with clear and detailed information on the strategies we need to adopt to ensure a sustainable future for the planet. We have the technology needed to transform our fossil-fuel based energy systems into ecologically sustainable ones, and this book argues that all we now need is the political will to do so. It uniquely brings together both the science and policy issues to provide a truly interdisciplinary approach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780415706094
• ISBN-10: 0415706092
• Artikelnr.: 39150171

Autorenporträt

Mark Diesendorf is Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies at University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Ian Lowe Part 1: Basic concepts and scenarios 1. Energy and its
greenhouse gas emissions 2. Energy resources and technologies 3.
Sustainable energy scenarios Part 2: Which technologies are sustainable?
4. Saving energy 5. Renewable energy technology impacts 6. Is nuclear
energy a solution? 7. Transport and urban form Part 3: Policies,
strategies, politics and actions 8. General policies for the Great
Transition 9. Targeted policies for renewable energy 10. Who will drive the
transition? 11. Citizen action 12. Conclusion Appendix: What you can do