Global Change, Energy Issues and Regulation Policies

ISBN-13: 9789400766600 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 308 str.

Jean Bernard Saulnier; Marcelo D. Varella

Opis

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. "

Spis treści

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.- Governing urban infrastructure in developing cities: the role of carbon finance.- The 'triple A' issue: Agriculture – Alimentation needs – Agro-fuels.- Index.

Blurb

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, including physics, geosciences, social sciences, and so on, 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

 

The conclusions emphasize five technological keys for the solution of the energy/environmental crisis:

 

• improvement of energy efficiency and savings
• green electricity production
• nuclear energy
• carbon management
• energy vector use optimisation

 

Further keys, such as:

 

• urban adaptation
• negotiations at the international level
• financial rules

 

are to be found in fields such as law and politics.

 

This book invites the reader to consider the multidisciplinary aspects of these urgent energy/environmental issues. It will be of special interest to those involved in environmental protection, energy issues and sustainable development, and international relations.