The carbon crunch : how we're getting climate change wrong--and how to fix it / Dieter Helm.
By: Helm, Dieter
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TextPublisher: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-267) and index.Description: xiii, 273 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780300186598; 0300186592.Subject(s): Energy policy | Renewable energy sources | Energy conservation | Climatic changes -- Prevention | Greenhouse gas mitigationDDC classification: 333.79 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 333.79 H369 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003621059 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-267) and index.
Introduction -- pt. 1. Why should we worry about climate change? -- How serious is climate change? -- Why are emissions rising? -- Who is to blame? -- pt. 2. Why is so little being achieved? -- Current renewables technologies to the rescue? -- Can demand be cut? -- A new dawn for nuclear? -- Are we running out of fossil fuels? -- A credible international agreement? -- pt. 3. What should be done? -- Fixing the carbon price -- Making the transition -- Investing in new technologies -- Conclusion.
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.
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