Global Change, Energy Issues and Regulation Policies -

Global Change, Energy Issues and Regulation Policies

Buch | Softcover
308 Seiten
2015 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-007-9727-7 (ISBN)
117,69 inkl. MwSt
Bringing together a wide range of experts, this book covers climate change and exhaustion of resources; the relationship between global and local environmental policies; competition between food and agro-fuels production; international negotiations and more.
This book analyses the deep interaction between the world’s environmental crises, energy production, conversion and use, and global regulation policies.

 Bringing together experts from a wide range of scientific fields, it offers the reader a broad scope of knowledge on such topics as:



climate change and exhaustion of resources
the relationship between basic science and the development of sustainable energy technologies
the relationship between global and local environmental policies
the possible competition between foodstuff production and that of agro-fuels
urban adaptation
negotiations at the international level
financial rules 

This book invites the reader to consider the multidisciplinary aspects of these urgent energy/environmental issues.

 

From the contents:

Global Change Research II: some keys to the climate/energy crisis.- Greenhouse gases and climatic change.- New perspectives for fossil fuels: Hydrocarbons in "unconventional" settings.- Urban physical infrastructure adaptation to climate change.- Sustainable Nuclear Energy helps Europe to meet its energy challenges.- CO2 Capture transport and storage, a promising technology for limiting climate change.- New energy sources and CO2 treatment.- Introduction to Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies and their Contribution to a Sustainable Energy Future.- Biomass for energy: energetic and environmental challenges of biofuels.- Meeting Environmental and Energy Challenges: CNG Conversion of Motor Vehicles in Dhaka.-  After Copenhagen, Revisiting both the scientific and political framings of the climate change regime.- The Drafting of the Future International Climate Regime: From the Copenhagen Accord to the Cancún Agreements.- (…).- Index.

Reihe/Serie Integrated Science & Technology Program ; 2
Zusatzinfo 51 Illustrations, color; 5 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 308 p. 56 illus., 51 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Dordrecht
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Meteorologie / Klimatologie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Schlagworte Carbon Finance • climate change • Energy Issues • Environmental policies • Sustainable energy
ISBN-10 94-007-9727-3 / 9400797273
ISBN-13 978-94-007-9727-7 / 9789400797277
Zustand Neuware
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