Energy and Development

ISBN-13: 9781138485969 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 248 str.

Frauke Urban

Opis

This book explores the key issues and concepts in the field of energy and development and addresses policy responses such as the energy aims of the SDGs and the United Nation’s target of universal energy access.

Spis treści

1. Energy, Poverty and Development: The Challenges  2. Energy Use and Energy Systems in Different Countries and Contexts  3. Energy Transitions: from Traditional Biomass to Fossil Fuels to Low Carbon Energy  4. Sectoral Energy Needs and Household Energy  5. Concepts of Energy and Development  6. The Energy–Poverty–Climate Nexus  7. Energy and climate policy of major emitters  8. The Health Implications of Energy Use  9. The Social Implications of Energy and Development  10. Environmental Implications: Energy Use and Climate Change  11. Environmental Implications: Natural Resource Depletion and Air Pollution  12. The Economics of Energy Supply and Universal Energy Access  13. Financing Low Carbon Energy Transitions  14. Technology for Energy and Development: Fossil Fuels  15. Technology for Energy and Development: Low Carbon Energy and Energy Efficiency  16. Policy Responses to Energy Poverty  Index