Climate change and global energy security technology and policy options

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Main Author: Brown, Marilyn A.
Other Authors: Sovacool, Benjamin K.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.
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ISBN: 9780262310659
Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (x, 416 p.) : ill., maps.

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Motivation and organization of the book : Socio-technical approach ; Climate change and energy security ; Preview of chapters -- A tale of five challenges : Electricity ; Transportation ; Forestry and agriculture ; Waste and water ; Climate change ; Conflicts and complementarities -- Technologies for mitigating climate change : Energy end use ; Energy supply ; Capturing and sequestering carbon ; Reducing other greenhouse gases ; Integrated systems ; Synthesis -- Technologies for geo-engineering and adaptation : Geo-engineering ; Adaptation ; Synthesis -- Barriers to effective climate and energy policies : Public goods, market failure, and policy failure ; Barriers to cost effectiveness ; Fiscal, regulatory, and statutory barriers ; Intellectual-property barriers ; Other cultural, social, and institutional barriers ; Toward carbon lock-in ---Overcoming barriers to effective climate and energy policies : The risk paradigm versus the precautionary principle ; Types of public policies and ways to evaluate them ; Putting a price on carbon ; Complementary policies ; The need for synergy -- The case for polycentric implementation : The benefits of global action ; The benefits of local action ; The case for polycentrism ; Challenges to polycentrism ; Conclusion -- Case studies : Denmark's electricity policy, 1970-2001 ; Germany's feed-in tariff, 1990-2009 ; Brazil's Proâalcool program and promotion of flex-fuel vehicles, 1975-2009 ; Singapore's urban transport policy, 1971-2009 ; Bangladesh's Grameen Shakti, 1996-2009 ; China's national improved stove program, 1983-1998 ; The oasis project in the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil, 2006-present ; The toxic releases inventory in the United States, 1988-2007 ; Conclusion ---Conclusions : The socio-technical nature of climate and energy challenges ; Justification for government intervention ; Speed, scope, and scale ; The power of polycentrism ; Coordinated, progressive, and consistent policies -- Appendix A : Experts contacted and interviewed for case studies -- Appendix B : Methodology for case studies. 
506 |a Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty univerzity 
650 0 |a Renewable energy sources. 
650 0 |a Power resources. 
650 0 |a Energy policy. 
650 0 |a Environmental policy. 
650 0 |a Greenhouse gas mitigation  |x International cooperation. 
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