Global Climate Change - The Technology Challenge

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Princiotta, Frank (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Advances in Global Change Research, 38
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Climate change.; Electric power production.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Nuclear engineering.; Sustainable development.; Energy Technology.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Nuclear Engineering.; Sustainable Development.

In order to avoid the potentially catastrophic impacts of global warming, the current 3% CO2 global emission growth rate must be transformed to a 1 to 3% declining rate, as soon as possible. This will require a rapid and radical transformation of the world’s energy production and end use systems. Th...