Rezension: Die Welt läuft sehenden Auges in die Klimakatastrophe. Erste Vorboten hierfür waren die Jahrtausendflut an der Elbe und die Überschwemmung New Orleans. Die Welt sitzt in einer doppelten Falle, in einer Treibhausfalle und in einer Politikfalle. Das Kyoto-Protokoll reicht gerade...

"China is the second-largest economy in the world yet it faces serious energy security challenges due to the country's reliance on coal, a fuel with multiple environmental and social problems. Moreover, since 2017 China has become the world's largest crude oil importer, greatly increasing its...

"Changing Energy outlines how humanity came to its current energy economy through three previous energy transitions and now stands poised for a necessary fourth one. Despite the immense benefits conferred by a global energy economy based primarily on coal, oil, gas, and uranium, societies must...

"This volume offers a collection of contemporary sociological research on energy-society relations, highlighting the growing instability and disruptions associated with fossil-fuel-dependence, and the emerging challenges and innovations associated with a transition away from fossil fuels....