Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change.

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. Unlike other books on the subject, it brings together both the technology and policy issues to provide a truly interdisciplina...

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Main Author: Diesendorf, Mark
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sydney, NSW : UNSW Press, 2013.
©2013
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520 |a 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. Unlike other books on the subject, it brings together both the technology and policy issues to provide a truly interdisciplinary approach. Mark Diesendorf provides a guide to our future energy options, outlining the enormous recent changes in the energy sector in Australia and internationally. Diesendorf argues that we now have the technologies needed to transform our fossil-fuel based energy systems into an ecologically s. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-343) and index. 
505 0 |a Foreword / by Ian Lowe -- Part A. Basic concepts and scenarios -- Energy and its greenhouse gas emissions -- Energy resources and technologies -- Sustainable energy scenarios -- Part B. Which technologies are sustainable? -- Saving energy -- Renewable energy technology impacts -- Is nuclear energy a solution? -- Transport and urban form -- Part C. Policies, strategies, politics and actions -- General policies for the Great Transition -- Targeted policies for renewable energy -- Who will drive the transition? -- Citizen action -- Conclusion -- Appendix: What you can do -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Units and conversion factors -- List of tables, figures and boxes. 
650 0 |a Renewable energy sources. 
650 0 |a Renewable energy sources  |x Government policy. 
650 0 |a Climate change mitigation. 
650 0 |a Climate change mitigation  |x Government policy. 
650 0 |a Sustainability. 
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650 7 |a Angepasste Technik  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Klimaschutz  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Nachhaltigkeit  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Energiepolitik  |2 gnd 
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