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The Palgrave Handbook of Zero Carbon Energy Systems and Energy Transitions / edited by Geoffrey Wood, Vincent Onyango, Komali Yenneti, Mariana Liakopoulou.
Springer Nature - Springer Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences eBooks 2024 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Geoffrey.
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in Energy Transitions, 2731-3050
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental sciences--Social aspects.
- Environmental sciences.
- 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 (818 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2024.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
- 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:
- Introduction
- What do we mean by zero carbon?
- Different disciplines, different visions: the role of academia
- Insights from the other side: fossil fuel actors
- International and regional approaches
- National and sub-national approaches
- Zero carbon scenarios: mapping the future
- Epilogue.
- ISBN:
- 9783031266041
- 3031266048
- OCLC:
- 1465298781
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