The Palgrave Handbook of Zero Carbon Energy Systems and Energy Transitions [electronic resource] / edited by Geoffrey Wood, Vincent Onyango, Komali Yenneti, Maria Anastasia Liakopoulou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wood, Geoffrey, Editor.

Onyango, Vincent, Editor.

Yenneti, Komali, Editor.

Liakopoulou, Maria Anastasia., Editor.

Series:

Palgrave studies in energy transitions 2731-3050

Palgrave Studies in Energy Transitions, 2731-3050

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental sciences--Social aspects.

Energy policy.

Environmental geography.

Human geography.

Environmental policy.

Environmental Social Sciences.

Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

Integrated Geography.

Human Geography.

Environmental Policy.

Local Subjects:

Environmental Social Sciences.

Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

Integrated Geography.

Human Geography.

Environmental Policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 990 p. 60 illus., 50 illus. in color.).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

Summary:

The Palgrave Handbook of Zero-Carbon Energy Systems and Energy Transitions provides a comprehensive and authoritative source of information, analysis and recommendations on the multi- and inter-disciplinary subject of zero carbon energy systems. The Handbook will advance thinking and research underlying the on-going energy transition by; covering a wide range of energy technologies and sources (e.g. fossil fuels, renewables, low carbon energy) including investigating the potential of new and alternative technologies and fuel sources and looking at the power, heating/cooling and transport sectors; Looking at varied legal jurisdictions and governance approaches including developing and developed countries and investigating potential new approaches to achieving a zero carbon energy system; Providing a broad range of theoretical and methodological approaches from a range of disciplines; Inclusion of a global range of case studies from Africa, Arctic, Asia, Australasia, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas (Central, North and South) and the Pacific, from the international, national, sub-national to city/community level.

Contents:

Foreword Francesco La Camera, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

PART I INTRODUCTION

Introduction

PART II WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ZERO-CARBON

What we talk about when we talk about low carbon

No need for a level playing field in a zero carbon energy system

Chapter on the gap between where we are and the zero carbon targets

PART III DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, DIFFERENT VISIONS? THE ROLE OF ACADEMIA

Low carbon transitions: What's politics got to do with it?

Connecting to a Low carbon Future: The role of the Arts and Humanities

Literature and zero carbon

Economics and zero carbon

Reporting a liquid world: Researching and practicing journalism in the Anthropocene

Filmic narratives framing low carbon energy transition: An Irish survey

Orkney electron poetics

Law and zero carbon

Politics and zero carbon

Public talk about low carbon transition: How the Irish press shape ways of talking about carbon reduction activity

Identifying the potential of community environmental art for low carbon futures

PART IV INSIGHTS FROM THE OTHER SIDE: FOSSIL FUEL ACTORS

In pursuit of a net zero economy: How can the fossil fuel industry overcome the challenges to achieve deep decarbonisation

BP.

ISBN:

3030743802

9783030743802

OCLC:

1356578316

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.