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Author: Dieter Helm Edition: Publisher: Yale University Press Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 0300186592 Price: You Save: 31%
The Carbon Crunch: How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong--and How to Fix It
Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise.The Carbon Crunch review. Coal, the most damaging of all fossil fuels, has actually risen from 25% to almost 30% of world energy use. And while European countries have congratulated themselves on reducing emissions, they have increased their carbon imports from China and other developing nations, who continue to expand their coal use. As standards of living increase in developing countries, coal use can only increase as well—and global temperatures along with it.
In this hard-hitting book, Dieter Helm looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a new, pragmatic rethinking of energy policy—from transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to electrification of transport, to carbon pricing and a focus on new technologiesRead full reviews of The Carbon Crunch by Dieter Helm.
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Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise. Coal, the most damaging of all fossil fuels, has actually risen from 25% to almost 30% of world energy use. And while European countries have congratulated themselves on reducing emissions, they have increased their carbon imports from China and other developing nations, who continue to expand their coal use. As standards of living increase in developing countries, coal use can only increase as well--and global temperatures along with it.In this hard-hitting book, Dieter He
The Carbon Crunch : Hardback : Yale University Press : 9780300186598 : 0300186592 : 13 Nov 2012 : Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise. This book looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a pragmatic rethinking of energy policy - from transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to electrification of transport.
author dieter helm format hardback language english publication year 21 09 2012 subject geography environment agriculture subject 2 environment planning goddings limited presents the carbon crunch how we re getting climate change wrong and how to fix it isbn 0300186592 author helm dieter publisher yale university press date 2012 11 13 seller sku gard 0300186598 qty available 1 format hardcover condition new notes brand new book will ship 1 st class to the uk or airmail worldwide airmail 2 7 day
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Coal, the most damaging of all fossil fuels, has actually risen from 25% to almost 30% of world energy use. And while European countries have congratulated themselves on reducing emissions, they have increased their carbon imports from China and other developing nations, who continue to expand their coal use. As standards of living increase in developing countries, coal use can only increase as well—and global temperatures along with it.
In this hard-hitting book, Dieter Helm looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a new, pragmatic rethinking of energy policy—from transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to electrification of transport, to carbon pricing and a focus on new technologies. Lucid, compelling and rigorously researched, this book will have a lasting impact on how we think about climate change.
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