Reducing Climate Impacts in the Transportation Sector

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Cannon, James S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sperling, Daniel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Climate change.; Nature.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Energy industries.; Climate Change.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Energy Economics.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

More than 250 experts from around the world gathered at the Asilomar Transportation and Energy Conference in August 2007 to tackle what many agree is the greatest environmental challenge the world faces: climate change. This 11th Biennial Conference, organized under the auspices of the Energy and Al...

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