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Gaast, Wytze Van Der; Begg, Katherine - Challenges and Solutions for Climate Change - 9781849963985 - V9781849963985
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Challenges and Solutions for Climate Change

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Description for Challenges and Solutions for Climate Change Hardback. This book presents an analysis of how the introduction and application of low-carbon technologies in developing countries could be streamlined. It addresses the implementation of green-energy technology from a technological to a national level. Series: Green Energy and Technology. Num Pages: 162 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; KJMV6; RNU; THRB; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 432.

The latest scientific knowledge on climate change indicates that higher greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere through unchecked emissions will provoke severe climate change and ocean acidification. Both impacts can fundamentally alter environmental structures on which humanity relies and have serious consequences for the food chain among others. Climate change therefore poses major socio-economic, technical and environmental challenges which will have serious impacts on countries’ pathways towards sustainable development.

As a result, climate change and sustainable development have increasingly become interlinked. A changing climate makes achieving Millennium Development Goals more difficult and expensive, so there is every reason to achieve development ... Read more

1.       To place climate negotiations in the wider context of sustainability, equity and social change so that development benefits can be maximised at the same time as decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.

2.       To select technologies or measures for climate change mitigation and adaptation based on countries’ sustainable development and climate goals.

3.       To create low greenhouse gas emission and climate resilient strategies and action plans in order to accelerate innovation needed for achieving sustainable development and climate goals on the scale and timescale required within countries.

4.       To rationalize the current directions in international climate policy making in order to provide coherent and efficient support to developing countries in devising and implementing strategies and action plans for low emission technology transfers to deliver climate and sustainable development goals.

5.       To facilitate development of an international framework forfinancial resources in order to support technology development and transfer, improve enabling environments for innovation, address equity issues such as poor people’s energy access, and make implementation of activities possible at the desired scale within the country.

The solutions presented in Challenges and Solutions for Climate Change show how ambitious measures can be undertaken which are fully in line with domestic interests, both in developing and in developed countries, and how these measures can be supported through the international mechanisms.

 

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
Series
Green Energy and Technology
Number of Pages
162
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849963985
SKU
V9781849963985
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Gaast, Wytze Van Der; Begg, Katherine
Wytze van der Gaast has worked on climate policy development especially on greenhouse gas accounting issues and technology transfer. He participated in several capacity building projects in developing countries on project-based emissions trading under the Kyoto Protocol. He was coordinator of the EU-funded project Promoting Sustainable Energy Technology Transfers through the CDM: Converting from a Theoretical Concept to Practical Action ... Read more

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