Low Carbon Development : Key Issues

Low Carbon Development: Key Issues is the first comprehensive textbook to address the interface between international development and climate change in a carbon constrained world. It discusses the key conceptual, empirical and policy-related issues of low carbon development and takes an international and interdisciplinary approach to the subject by drawing on insights from across the natural sciences and social sciences whilst embedding the discussion in a global context.The first part explores the concept of low carbon development and explains the need for low carbon develo

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Urban, Frauke
Other Persons:	Nordensvärd, Johan (contributor)
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Subject:	Treibhausgas-Emissionen \| Greenhouse gas emissions \| Nachhaltige Entwicklung \| Sustainable development \| Welt \| World \| Fossile Energie \| Fossil fuel \| Klimapolitik \| Climate policy \| Klimaschutz \| Climate protection \| Nachhaltige Energieversorgung \| Sustainable energy supply

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (353 p)
Series:	Key Issues in Environment and Sustainability Key Issues in Environment and Sustainability Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Preface; PART 1 Introduction; Editorial for Part 1; 1 Low carbon development: Origins, concepts and key issues; PART 2 The politics of low carbon development; Editorial for Part 2; 2 The political economy of low carbon development; 3 The climate change policy process and low carbon development; PART 3 The social dimensions of low carbon development; Editorial for Part 3; 4 Social justice and low carbon development 5 Social policy and low carbon developmentPART 4 The economics of low carbon development; Editorial for Part 4; 6 Climate change economics: Financing low carbon development; 7 The future of carbon markets: Carbon trading, the clean development mechanism and beyond; PART 5 Technology and innovation for low carbon development; Editorial for Part 5; 8 Low carbon innovation and technology transfer; PART 6 Key issues for low carbon development in policy and practice; Editorial for Part 6; 9 Low carbon energy and energy access in developing countries 10 Revolutionizing the electricity sector: Renewable energy and low carbon grid infrastructure11 Forestry and low carbon development; 12 Agriculture and low carbon development; 13 Transportation and low carbon development; 14 Triple win? The case of climate compatible development; PART 7 Key issues for low carbon development in low, middle and high income countries: Case studies; Editorial for Part 7; 15 Approaches to low carbon development in low, middle and high income countries:A conceptual framework 16 Poverty reduction and economic growth in a carbon constrained world: The case of Ethiopia17 Low carbon development in Tanzania: Lessons from its solar home system market; 18 Ride the wind: Wind energy in China; 19 Low carbon city planning in China; 20 From outsider to world leader: Bioethanol in Brazil; 21 Carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the USA; 22 Home energy efficiency policy in Germany and the UK; Final thoughts; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	978-0-415-53898-5 ; 978-1-136-26668-3 ; 978-0-415-53898-5
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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