What are relevant urban development investment strategies for improving building energy efficiency (BEE) and decarbonizing the urban district heating supply in rapidly urbanizing China? Different trajectories of BEE and energy supply technologies are compared in the urban context in a northern...

"Avec la conjonction de la crise financière, d'alarmes croissantes concernant le changement climatique, de la misère persistante dans de nombreux pays, le débat sur la mondialisation se déploie désormais sur fond de questions plus radicales à propos de l'avenir même des capitalismes. Le...

Governments worldwide have agreed that international climate policy should aim to limit the increase of global mean temperature to less than 2oC with respect to pre-industrial levels. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the emission reductions and related energy system changes in various...