Описание: 'The genius of Graciela Chichilnisky is recognized by economists and with this book she has focused that talent to the dire problem facing mankind. To survive we must do more than stave off a further rise of CO₂ in the atmosphere. We need to reverse it if the planet is to be viable. Professor Chichilnisky's achievement along with her co-author Peter Bal is to show us the way to rescue our future.'Professor Edmund Phelps2006 Nobel Laureate in EconomicsDirector, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University'In the world of economic theory, Graciela Chichilnisky is an A-list star.'The Washington Post'The team of Chichilnisky and Bal has exceptional skill in explaining complex topics with great clarity making it easy for non-scientists interested in climate change to read. They address the science of climate change, the complex international negotiations needed to reach a compromise between developing nations and the developed ones, and importantly the urgent need to find a way of extracting CO₂ from the atmosphere and utilizing and sequestering it in a commercially profitable manner. The last topic has been almost completely ignored by the media.'Theodore Roosevelt IVManaging Director & Chairman of Barclays Cleantech InitiativeBARCLAYSThe Kyoto Protocol capped the emissions of the main emitters, the industrialized countries, one by one. It also created an innovative financial mechanism, the Carbon Market and its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which allows developing nations to receive carbon credits when they reduce their emissions below their baselines. The carbon market, an economic system that created a price for carbon for the first time, is now used in four continents, is promoted by the World Bank, and is recommended even by leading oil and gas companies. However, one critical problem for the future of the Kyoto Protocol is the continuing impasse between the rich and the poor nations.Who should reduce emissions -- the rich or the poor countries?
Автор: Paladino Stephanie Название: Carbon Fix ISBN: 1611323339 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781611323337 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Given the growing urgency to develop global responses to a changing climate, The Carbon Fix examines the social and equity dimensions of putting the world's forests--and, necessarily, the rural people who manage and depend on them--at the center of climate policy efforts such as REDD+, intended to slow global warming. The book assesses the implications of international policy approaches that focus on forests as carbon and especially, forest carbonoffsets, for rights, justice, and climate governance.
Contributions from leading anthropologists and geographers analyze a growing trend towards market principles and financialization of nature in environmental governance, placing it into conceptual, critical, and historical context. The book then challenges perceptions of forest carbon initiatives through in-depth, field-based case studies assessing projects, policies, and procedures at various scales, from informed consent to international carbon auditing. While providing a mixed assessment of the potential for forest carbon initiatives to balance carbon with social goals, the authors present compelling evidence for the complexities of the carbon offset enterprise, fraught with competing interests and interpretations at multiple scales, and having unanticipated and often deleterious effects on the resources and rights of the world's poorest peoples--especially indigenous and rural peoples.
The Carbon Fix provides nuanced insights into political, economic, and ethical issues associated with climate change policy. Its case approach and fresh perspective are critical to environmental professionals, development planners, and project managers; and to students in upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental anthropology and geography, environmental and policy studies, international development, and indigenous studies.
Автор: Ervine, Kate, Название: Carbon / ISBN: 1509501126 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781509501120 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Carbon is the political challenge of our time. While critical to supporting life on Earth, too much carbon threatens to destroy life as we know it, with rising sea levels, crippling droughts, and catastrophic floods sounding the alarm on a future now upon us. How did we get here and what must be done?
In this incisive book, Kate Ervine unravels carbon's distinct political economy, arguing that, to understand global warming and why it remains so difficult to address, we must go back to the origins of industrial capitalism and its swelling dependence on carbon-intensive fossil fuels - coal, oil, and natural gas - to grease the wheels of growth and profitability. Taking the reader from carbon dioxide as chemical compound abundant in nature to carbon dioxide as greenhouse gas, from the role of carbon in the rise of global capitalism to its role in reinforcing and expanding existing patterns of global inequality, and from carbon as object of environmental governance to carbon as tradable commodity, Ervine exposes emerging struggles to decarbonize our societies for what they are: battles over the very meaning of democracy and social and ecological justice.
Автор: Herzog Howard J. Название: Carbon Capture ISBN: 0262535750 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262535755 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 2700.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A concise overview of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), a promising but overlooked climate change mitigation pathway.
The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide (CO2), and these CO2 emissions are a major driver of climate change. Carbon capture offers a path to climate change mitigation that has received relatively little attention. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Howard Herzog offers a concise guide to carbon capture, covering basic information as well as the larger context of climate technology and policy. Carbon capture, or carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), refers to a suite of technologies that reduce CO2 emissions by "capturing" CO2 before it is released into the atmosphere and then transporting it to where it will be stored or used. It is the only climate change mitigation technique that deals directly with fossil fuels rather than providing alternatives to them.
Herzog, a pioneer in carbon capture research, begins by discussing the fundamentals of climate change and how carbon capture can be one of the solutions. He explains capture and storage technologies, including chemical scrubbing and the injection of CO2 deep underground. He reports on current efforts to deploy CCS at factories and power plants and attempts to capture CO2 from the air itself. Finally, he explores the policies and politics in play around CCS and argues for elevating carbon capture in the policy agenda.
Описание: General Introduction.- Energy and Carbon Emissions in Housing.- The Socio-Technical Systems of Energy and Carbon Emissions in Housing.- The System Dynamics Modelling Method.- System Dynamics Application to Housing Energy and Carbon Emissions in the UK.- Simulation of Energy and Carbon Emissions in Housing.- Policy Analysis.- Conclusions and Reflections.
Описание: The United Kingdom is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least eighty per cent by 2050, a target that will only be achieved by transforming the way that energy is supplied and used. At the same time there are anxieties about the security of energy provision in terms of European dependency on natural gas and the reliability of electricity supply. This book explores in detail those factors which could help or hinder the attainment of the UK's climate change targets, and how these factors interact with the parallel objective of maintaining a robust and secure energy system. The book is the result of a major national energy research effort by the UK Energy Research Centre, which includes some of the UK's leading energy experts. The results and recommendations are essential reading for policymakers, professionals, researchers, and anyone concerned with achieving large-scale reductions in carbon emissions, both from the UK and internationally. Energy 2050 begins by exploring the evolution of the UK energy system over recent decades: the trends, technologies and environmental impacts related to energy use, and the structures and institutions of governance that have influenced this evolution. It then moves on to changes in energy policy to emphasise decarbonization and resilience, and introduce the approach to scenarios and modelling used in the rest of the book. Later chapters explore different aspects of the uncertainties that may enable or constrain the creation of a low-carbon, resilient UK energy system, related to accelerated technology development, the creation of an infrastructure to support de-centralized energy and microgeneration, to lifestyle and behaviour change, and to public attitudes to wider environmental impacts associated with energy system change.
Описание: The 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP21, will be held from 30 November to 11 December, 2015 on the Paris-Le Bourget site, bringing together around 40,000 participants in total - with delegates representing each country, observers, and civil society members.
Автор: Coeli M Hoover Название: Field Measurements for Forest Carbon Monitoring ISBN: 9048178967 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789048178964 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18284.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This guide covers all methods of measuring and monitoring forest carbon pools and fluxes. Each chapter covers a specific method and discusses measurement methods, background information, necessary calculations and equipment requirements.
Автор: Peadar Kirby; Tadhg O`Mahony Название: The Political Economy of the Low-Carbon Transition ISBN: 3319625535 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319625539 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 16769.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Assisted by thinking on future scenarios, they critically examine the range of pathways being implemented by both developed and developing countries, identifying the prevailing forms of climate capitalism led by technology.
Автор: Pen-Chi Chiang; Shu-Yuan Pan Название: Carbon Dioxide Mineralization and Utilization ISBN: 981103267X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811032677 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 23757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Introductions.- Part I: Global Warming Issues: Challenges and Opportunities.- Carbon Cycle from Thermodynamic Point of View.- Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technologies.- Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).- CCS Guidance.- Part II: Types of Feedstock for CO2 Mineralization.- Natural Silicate Material.- Iron/Steelmaking Slag.- Air pollution control (APC) residue.- Other Alkaline Waste.- Part III: Integrated Wastes Treatment via Accelerated Carbonation.- Accelerated Carbonation Reaction.- Carbonation Mechanisms and Modeling.- Direct/Indirect Carbonation Processes.- Analytical Methods and Material Identification.- Part IV: Valorization of Carbonated Product for Construction Materials.- Product Utilization in Construction Engineering.- Supplementary Cementitious Materials in Cement and Concrete.- Aggregates.- Other Innovative Utilizations.- Part V: Integrated Land-use, Water and Energy Plans.- Methodologies and Tools.- Waste-to-Resource Supply Chain.- System Optimization.
Описание: This thesis presents research focusing on the improvement of high-resolution global black carbon (BC) emission inventory and application in assessing the population exposure to ambient BC.
Автор: Coeli M Hoover Название: Field Measurements for Forest Carbon Monitoring ISBN: 1402085052 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781402085055 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20896.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A comprehensive guide to the methods and techniques employed in forest carbon inventory and monitoring. It describes techniques used to characterize standing stocks of carbon in a forest, measure key carbon fluxes, and collect related data that are required to drive process models, develop predictive relationships, and link to remote sensing data.
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