Low carbon transitions for developing countries
Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our times and in order to tackle this carbon emissions need to be mitigated. China and India have recently become some of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters. Transitions to low carbon energy, for reducing emissions that lead to climate change, are therefore an urgent priority for China and India and at a global level. This is the first book focusing on low carbon energy transitions for emerging economies such as China and India…
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- Full title :Low carbon transitions for developing countries / Frauke Urban.
Summary
Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our times and in order to tackle this carbon emissions need to be mitigated. China and India have recently become some of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters. Transitions to low carbon energy, for reducing emissions that lead to climate change, are therefore an urgent priority for China and India and at a global level. This is the first book focusing on low carbon energy transitions for emerging economies such as China and India, assessing the opportunities and barriers for transitions to renewable and low carbon energy as climate change mitigation options. It uses energy modelling to assess the China's power sector, the economy of Beijing and rural Indian households that do not have access to electricity. The research evaluates the environmental, technical, socio-economic and policy implications of these low carbon transitions, concluding that they are possible in China and India and they can considerably contribute to climate change mitigation. This interdisciplinary book will be of interest to scholars, students, practitioners and policy-makers working in the fields of energy and development, energy policy, energy studies and modelling, climate policy, climate change mitigation, climate change and development, low carbon development, sustainable development, environment and development and environmental management.
Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our times and in order to tackle this carbon emissions need to be mitigated. China and India have recently become some of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters. Transitions to low carbon energy, for reducing emissions that lead to climate change, are therefore an urgent priority for China and India and at a global level. This is the first book focusing on low carbon energy transitions for emerging economies such as China and India, assessing the opportunities and barriers for transitions to renewable and low carbon energy.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group/Earthscan
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
Notes
5.4.1 Discussion of the method and data.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 185 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781135131487, 1135131481, 9780203077405, 0203077407, 1306874734, 9781306874731
- oclc:ocn881571054
- LC Classification:TJ808
- Dewey Decimal:333.794091724
Table of Contents
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. General introduction; 1.1 Book overview; 1.2 Introduction; 1.3 Climate change and the impacts of energy use; 1.4 Equity in the climate change debate; 1.5 Low carbon development; 1.6 Energy transitions and the role of renewable and low carbon energy; 1.7 Energy modelling; 1.8 Aim and scope of the book; 1.9 Structure of the book; 2. Modelling energy and development: an evaluation of models and concepts; Overview; 2.1 Introduction.
2.1.1 Metrics for the comparison of economic activity2.2 Developing countries in global energy models; 2.2.1 The Energy Ladder in the SRES models; 2.2.2 The Environmental Kuznets Curve in the SRES models; 2.3 Key issues of energy systems in developing countries; 2.3.1 Development of the energy system; 2.3.1.1 From traditional to commercial fuels; 2.3.1.2 Electrification; 2.3.2 From economic development to energy use; 2.3.2.1 Economic structural change and dematerialisation; 2.3.2.2 Income distribution; 2.3.2.3 Informal economic systems; 2.3.3 The context of development.
2.3.3.1 Fossil energy resource depletion2.3.3.2 Climate change; 2…
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