Carbon Change : Canada on the Brink of Decarbonization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McConaghy, Dennis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy transition--Canada.

Energy transition.

Energy transition--Canada--Costs.

Energy policy--Canada.

Energy policy.

Carbon dioxide mitigation--Canada.

Carbon dioxide mitigation.

Carbon dioxide mitigation--Canada--Costs.

Climate change mitigation--Canada.

Climate change mitigation.

Climatic changes--Canada.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2022.

Summary:

Energy commentator Dennis McConaghy takes an in-depth look at the public policies surrounding decarbonization in Canada and the costs and sacrifices it will take to get to net zero. He then lays out a more balanced approach that maximizes global human welfare while still using hydrocarbons optimally.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Part One: The Climate and Energy Context

Chapter 1 The UN Climate Process: How We Got to Decarbonization

Chapter 2 The Orthodoxy: From Climate Sensitivity to Carbon Budgets to Decarbonization

Chapter 3 Reality: The Grim Cost of Decarbonization

Chapter 4 Before the Fall: Canadian Energy Developments from the Beginning of 2019 to March 2020

Chapter 5 Early 2020: The Advent of Covid-19

Chapter 6 The Descent to Glasgow

Part Two: Reconsidering Climate Policy

Chapter 7 Covid-19 Sacrifice as Predicate for Decarbonization?

Chapter 8 Reconsidering Decarbonization: Not a Hoax … but Not an Apocalypse

Chapter 9 Oh, Canada!

Chapter 10 Hope and Realism

Afterword

Acknowledgements

Notes

Suggested Reading

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781459750531

1459750535

OCLC:

1348485298