"Renewable energy expert Mark Diesendorf issues a powerful challenge in this clear and comprehensive guide to the technology and policies we need to adopt to ensure an ecologically sustainable energy future for the planet. Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change brings t…
This book is a call to action on climate change, filled with clear and detailed information on the strategies we need to adopt to ensure a sustainable future for the planet. Unlike other books on the subject, it brings together both the technology and policy issues to provide a …
Coastal Disasters and Climate Change in Vietnam is the first book to focus specifically on natural hazards and climate change in Vietnam. The book examines threats such as tropical cyclones, sea-level rise, flooding, erosion, and salinity intrus.
Russia remains among the top-5 greenhouse gas emitters in the world and thus an important player in the field of international climate politics. To gain a deeper understanding of how Russian climate politics is formed, the changing and somewhat unexpected role scientists and sci…
"This book argues that in order to understand Russia's position on complex policy challenges, like climate change, we must understand how experts and scientific knowledge factor into Russia's policymaking processes. Russia is still among the world's top five emitters of greenhou…
"In the first decade of this century, for the first time in history, the majority of the planet's population resided in cities. We are an urban planet. If ongoing changes in climate are to have an impact on the human species, most of these impacts will play out in cities. This f…
by United Nations Environment Programme, Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement, World Meteorological Organization, Edenhofer, Ottmar, Organisation météorologique mondiale, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change., Working Group III
This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SRREN) assesses the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change. It covers the six most important renewable energy sources - bioenergy, solar, geothermal, hydropower, ocean and wind en…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change and its potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts. This Report examines the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change …
For policy makers -- Technical summary -- 1. Renewable energy and climate change -- 2. Bioenergy -- 3. Direct solar energy -- 4. Geothermal energy -- 5. Hydropower -- 6. Ocean energy -- 7. Wind energy -- 8. Integration of renewable energy into present and future energy systems -…
by United Nations Environment Programme, World Meteorological Organization, Edenhofer, Ottmar, Pichs Madruga, Ramón, Sokona, Y., Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change., Working Group III, Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung
This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SRREN) assesses the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change. It covers the six most important renewable energy sources ₆ bioenergy, solar, geothermal, hydropower, ocean and wind en…
by Edenhofer, Ottmar, Pichs Madruga, Ramón, Sokona, Youba, Seyboth, Kristin, Kadner, Susanne, Zwickel, Timm, Eickemeier, Patrick, Hansen, Gerrit, Schlömer, Steffen, Von Stechow, Christoph, Matschoss, Patrick
Comprehensive, objective assessment of the literature on renewable energy and its role in climate change mitigation for policymakers, professionals, researchers.
by United Nations Environment Programme, World Meteorological Organization, Edenhofer, Ottmar, Pichs Madruga, Ramón, Sokona, Y., Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change., Working Group III, Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung
This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SRREN) assesses the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change. It covers the six most important renewable energy sources - bioenergy, solar, geothermal, hydropower, ocean and wind en…
