Author: R. A. FazzolarePublisher:
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Changing energy use futures. Vol. IV
Author: R. A. FazzolareChanging energy use futures. Vol. II
Author: R. A. FazzolareReview of the Draft Fourth National Climate Assessment
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309471699
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Climate change poses many challenges that affect society and the natural world. With these challenges, however, come opportunities to respond. By taking steps to adapt to and mitigate climate change, the risks to society and the impacts of continued climate change can be lessened. The National Climate Assessment, coordinated by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, is a mandated report intended to inform response decisions. Required to be developed every four years, these reports provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date evaluation of climate change impacts available for the United States, making them a unique and important climate change document. The draft Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) report reviewed here addresses a wide range of topics of high importance to the United States and society more broadly, extending from human health and community well-being, to the built environment, to businesses and economies, to ecosystems and natural resources. This report evaluates the draft NCA4 to determine if it meets the requirements of the federal mandate, whether it provides accurate information grounded in the scientific literature, and whether it effectively communicates climate science, impacts, and responses for general audiences including the public, decision makers, and other stakeholders.
Changing Energy Use Futures
Author: Craig B. SmithOur Renewable Future
Author: Richard HeinbergPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610917790
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"Over the next few decades, we will see a profound energy transformation as society shifts from fossil fuels to renewable resources like solar, wind, biomass. But what might a one hundred percent renewable future actually look like, and what obstacles will we face in this transition? Authors explore the practical challenges and opportunities presented by the shift to renewable energy."--Page 4 of cover.
Changing Energy Use Futures
Author: Rocco A. FazzolarePublisher: Pergamon
ISBN: 9780080255606
Category : Energy conservation
Languages : en
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Changing Energy Use Futures
Author: Changing Energy Use Futures
Author: Rocco A. FazzolarePublisher: Pergamon
ISBN: 9780080255620
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Future of wind
Author: International Renewable Energy Agency IRENAPublisher: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
ISBN: 9292601970
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This study presents options to speed up the deployment of wind power, both onshore and offshore, until 2050. It builds on IRENA’s global roadmap to scale up renewables and meet climate goals.
Energy, Economic Growth, and Geopolitical Futures
Author: Evan HillebrandPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262028891
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Top-drawer scenario builders map a unique array of 'big picture' global outcomes shaped by energy prices, economic growth, and global harmony. Better still, they give the reader tools to build her own scenarios. An essential reference for experts concerned with geopolitical and geoeconomic futures. -- Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics The way the authors have integrated the International Futures model into scenario analysis is very instructive and amounts to a useful methodological contribution to the literature on scenario analysis. As an energy economist, I also appreciate that the book adds to the usual energy market forecasting exercises that take economic growth as exogenous to the energy markets and ignore political factors. -- Peter Hartley, Mitchell Professor of Economics and Rice Scholar in Energy Studies at the Baker Institute, Rice University Evan Hillebrand and Stacy Closson have written an interesting and original book in which they analyze several different scenarios for economic growth, energy prices, and international conflict over the next forty years in an engaging and accessible style. I recommend this book to anyone who wishes to understand the range of possible futures. -- James Morrow, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan