Transitioning to a prosperous, resilient and carbon-free economy : a guide for decision makers / edited by Kenneth G. H. Baldwin [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baldwin, Kenneth G. H., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renewable energy sources--Government policy.

Renewable energy sources.

Carbon dioxide mitigation--Economic aspects.

Carbon dioxide mitigation.

Carbon dioxide mitigation--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 680 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive manual for decision-makers and policy leaders addressing the issues around human caused climate change, which threatens communities with increasing extreme weather events, sea level rise, and declining habitability of some regions due to desertification or inundation. The book looks at both mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming and adaption to changing conditions as the climate changes. It encourages the early adoption of climate change measures, showing that rapid decarbonisation and improved resilience can be achieved while maintaining prosperity. The book takes a sector-by-sector approach, starting with energy and includes cities, industry, natural resources, and agriculture, enabling practitioners to focus on actions relevant to their field. It uses case studies across a range of countries, and various industries, to illustrate the opportunities available. Blending technological insights with economics and policy, the book presents the tools decision-makers need to achieve rapid decarbonisation, whilst unlocking and maintaining productivity, profit, and growth.

Contents:

Policy frameworks and institutions for decarbonisation : the energy sector as 'litmus test' / Lynette Molyneaux and Keith Sue

Technologies for decarbonising the electricity sector

Wind energy / Nathan Steggel and David Osmond

Solar photovoltaics / Andrew Blakers.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Oct 2021).

ISBN:

9781009064187

1009064185

9781009064361

1009064363

9781316389553

1316389553

OCLC:

1492968981