Energy, Environment and Climate Change

Energy, Environment and Climate Change

John Wiley & Sons Inc

01/2018

272

Mole

Inglês

9781119370284

15 a 20 dias

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Foreword Erik Solheim Table of contents List of Tables List of figures I. Introduction 1. Historical Perspective 2. Separating the Wood from the Trees 3. Population, Development and Inequality 4. Economic Growth vs. Human Welfare II. Evolution of Energy Use by Human Society - What Lies Ahead 5. Analyzing Energy 6. Elements of energy supply and demand 7. The Age of Fossil Energy Understanding the Demand for Energy 8. Energy and Sustainable Mobility 9. Energy Conversion 10. Problems and Prospects of Hydropower 11. The Future of Global Energy III. Environment and Sustainability 12. The Ecological Dimensions of Development 13. Ethics and the Environment 14. Environmental Damage and Externalities 15. Forests for Ecological Benefits 16. Ecological Services and Biodiversity 17. Soil More Vulnerable Than Oil 18. Protectors of the Planet 19. Enlightened leadership 20. Information, Knowledge and Regulation 21. Living on Spaceship Earth Edwin Dolan's View IV. Climate Change 22. The Drivers of Climate Change 23. Human beings and their energy consumption patterns A Consumerist Society, Advertising and Lifestyles 24. Emissions of greenhouse gases and their sources Drivers of GHG emissions, equity issues and differential responsibility 25. Observed Changes in the Climate System 26. Understanding the Climate System and Its Recent Changes 27. Future Global and Regional Climate Change 28. Climate System Projections and Critical Physical Changes 29. Future risks and impacts caused by climate change 30. Mitigation Pathways V. Conclusions 31. The Road Ahead 32. Why Fundamental Changes is Essential 33. Values, Ethics and Youth Initiatives References Annotated Bibliography
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