Climate Change Mitigation A Balanced Approach to Climate Change /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Yamaguchi, Mitsutsune (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Energy, 4
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Climate change.; Energy industries.; Environmental economics.; Energy Economics.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Environmental Economics.

This book provides a fresh and innovative perspective on climate change policy. By emphasizing the multiple facets of climate policy, from mitigation to adaptation, from technological innovation and diffusion to governance issues, it contains a comprehensive overview of the economic and policy dimen...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• The ultimate objective of climate response strategies, and a desirable and feasible international framework
• Mitigation targets and effort-sharing among regions and countries
• Balance between energy security and mitigation responses
• Cost of mitigation
• Balance between mitigation and adaptation
• Policies and measures
• Potential for energy efficiency improvement and barriers
• Technology diffusion and development
• Nuclear Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, and its impact on Japanese energy and climate policy
• Epilogue, IPCC and communication.