Climate Change and Global Energy Security
Technology and Policy Options
$62.07
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
12 August 2011
Summary
An exploration of commercially available technologies that can enhance energy security and address climate change and public policy options crucial to their adoption.Tackling climate change and improving energy security are two of the twenty-first century’s greatest challenges. In this book, Marilyn Brown and Benjamin Sovacool offer detailed assessments of the most advanced commercially available technologies for strengthening global energy security, mitigating the effects of climate change, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262516310 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262516314 |
| Author: | Marilyn A. Brown, Benjamin K. Sovacool |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 12 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 676g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Climate Change and Global Energy Security |
You Can Find This Book In
What They're Saying
Critics Review
This book offers a levelheaded discussion of possible measures to abate greenhouse gas emissions and the economic, social, and political obstacles to adopting those measures.
…An innovative look at the issue of climate change and energy policy that face the world today…It should make for an interesting read for anybody interested in the subject of climate change and energy policy.
– Robert Tierney * Technological Forecasting and Social Change *This book offers a levelheaded discussion of possible measures to abate greenhouse gas emissions and the economic, social, and political obstacles to adopting those measures.
* Foreign Affairs *About The Author
Marilyn A. Brown
Marilyn A. Brown is Professor of Energy Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Visiting Distinguished Scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority. In 2007, she was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her coauthorship of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change Working Group III Assessment Report on Mitigation of Climate Change.Benjamin K. Sovacool is Assistant Professor in the Lew Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of The Dirty Energy Dilemma- What’s Blocking Clean Power in the United States and other books.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.