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Sectoral approaches in electricity : building bridges to a safe climate.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electric power production--Environmental aspects.
- Electric power production.
- Electricity--Health aspects.
- Electricity.
- Climatic changes.
- Atmospheric carbon dioxide--Environmental aspects.
- Atmospheric carbon dioxide.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (186 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris, France : OECD/IEA, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Electricity accounts for more than 40 % of global energy-related CO2 emissions. This issue is most pressing for developing countries where growth in power demand is particularly high, fueling the risk of irreversible investment in CO2-intensive capacity, the so-called “carbon lock-in”. Sectoral Approaches in Electricity – Building Bridges to a Safe Climate shows how the international climate policy framework could effectively support a transition towards low-CO2 electricity systems in developing countries. Sectoral approaches are intended to address sectors that require urgent actions, without waiting for countries to take nation-wide commitments. Earlier IEA publications have extensively reviewed developed countries’ efforts to steer generation away from carbon-intensive production modes, from dedicated support to low-carbon technologies to, increasingly, the reliance on CO2 pricing via emissions trading. Following the same logic, there are proposals seeking to use the international carbon market to drive changes at sectoral level in developing countries. This publication illustrates the pros and cons of such an approach in a few key emerging economies. It also asks how international climate policy could support and enhance ongoing efforts on end-use energy efficiency - an essential piece of the climate change/electricity puzzle.
- Contents:
- Table of contents; Executive summary; Introduction; 1. Tackling climate change in the electricity sector; 2. Presenting options for international sectoral approaches; 3. Policy options to transform power generation; 4. Targeting carbon lock-in: case studies on electricity; 5. Next steps; 6. References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-176).
- ISBN:
- 1-282-30459-3
- 9786612304590
- 92-64-06873-2
- OCLC:
- 437250989
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