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The carbon crunch how we're getting climate change wrong--and how to fix it

Title
The carbon crunch [electronic resource] : how we're getting climate change wrong--and how to fix it / Dieter Helm.
Author
Helm, Dieter.
Publication
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2012.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 273 p.)
Summary
"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 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"--
Uniform Title
Carbon crunch (Online)
Alternative Title
Carbon crunch (Online)
Subject
  • Energy policy
  • Renewable energy sources
  • Energy conservation
  • Climatic changes > Prevention
  • Greenhouse gas mitigation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-267) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
LCCN
2012017386
OCLC
ssj0000720156
Author
Helm, Dieter.
Title
The carbon crunch [electronic resource] : how we're getting climate change wrong--and how to fix it / Dieter Helm.
Imprint
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-267) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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