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Putting the genie back : solving the climate and energy dilemma / by David Hone.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bingley, UK : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, (c)2017.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787144477
  • 9781787149328
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QC903 .P888 2017
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Contents:
Subject: Climate change is one of the most pervasive yet least understood issue of our generation. Some deny it, while most are left wondering what to think and do about it. This book explores the climate issue from its very beginnings through to the end of end of the 21st Century and looks in depth at the transition challenge we collectively face.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Front Cover; Putting the Genie Back; Copyright Page; Contents; Glossary of Terms; Energy Definitions and Unit Abbreviations Used; Introduction; 1 Energy and Climate Change; Coal Consumption Affecting Climate; 2 Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Temperature and Global Change; Carbon Dioxide and Temperature; Climate Impacts; 3 Counting Carbon; Potential Pathways; Rethinking Kaya; The Need for Carbon Capture and Storage; 4 Why Carbon Pricing Matters; The Policy Landscape; Derivative Approaches; The Role of a Carbon Price; Governments and Carbon Pricing; Carbon Pricing in Practice.

Designing the Policy FrameworkSpending the Money; The Business Response; 5 The Paris Agreement; Starting Global; Going Local; Design Considerations; The End Result; The Stretch Goal; Net-Zero Emissions; 6 A Globally Relevant Policy Approach; A Global Carbon Price; Expansion via Linking; Globally Traded Offsets; Carbon Pricing and the Paris Agreement; A New Global Accounting Regimen; 7 Engineering the Transition; Rates of Change; A Solar World; Deployment Constraints; Energy Delivery; Sector Challenges; Returning to CCS; Real World Scaling; 8 Reaching an Outcome; Finding the Money.

GeoengineeringIn Conclusion; Notes; Index.

Climate change is one of the most pervasive yet least understood issue of our generation. Some deny it, while most are left wondering what to think and do about it. This book explores the climate issue from its very beginnings through to the end of end of the 21st Century and looks in depth at the transition challenge we collectively face.

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