| Towards Sustainable Energy Systems Contributor(s): (Wbgu), German Advisory Council on Globa (Author (Wbgu), German Advisory Council on Globa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1853838829 ISBN-13: 9781853838828 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2004 Annotation: * Leading scientists set out how the world's energy systems can be reformed to eliminate energy poverty and to ensure climate protection* 2.4 billion people in developing countries desperately need electricity; industrialised countries must cut carbon emissions by 80% to avoid severe climate change* Essential reading and reference for energy and development professionals This third volume of World in Transition underscores the urgent need to transform global energy systems so that the world's population has access to energy based on renewable sources. This is necessary in order to protect the global climate and to liberate 2.4 billion people in developing countries from energy poverty. Such an approach would also yield a peace dividend by reducing dependence upon regionally concentrated oil reserves. Experts from the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) stress that such a transformation of energy systems is feasible and fundable if rapid and resolute action is taken in the coming two decades. To this end, they propose a roadmap with specific milestones.Ideal for professionals, researchers and consultants in the energy and environmental sectors as well as energy companies, policy-makers and corporate and academic libraries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Alternative & Renewable - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 333.951 |
| LCCN: 2001023313 |
| Series: World in Transition |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.48" W x 10.98" (1.66 lbs) 342 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'The publication of World in Transition: Towards Sustainable Energy Systems is timely indeed. The World Summit on Sustainable Development gave great prominence to this challenge, but failed to agree on a quantitative, time-bound target for the introduction of renewable energy sources. The German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) has now produced a report with a global focus, which is essential in view of the global impacts of climate change. The report provides a convincing long-term analysis, which is also essential. Global energy policies have to take a long-term perspective, over the next 50 to 100 years, while providing concrete guidance for decision-makers to implement now. There is an urgent need to secure energy supplies for the 2.4 billion people who still depend upon traditional biomass, while avoiding dangerous climatic changes. Our one world must close the gap between industrialized countries' surfeit and developing countries' poverty. Policies will need to consider both the broader environmental and specific climate constraints. I recommend this book very warmly to everyone concerned with global energy issues' Klaus Topfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme World in Transition: Towards Sustainable Energy Systems underscores the urgent need to transform global energy systems so that the world's population has access to energy based on renewable sources. This is necessary to protect the global climate and to free those in developing countries trapped by energy poverty. Such an approach would also yield a peace dividend by reducing dependence upon regionally concentrated oil reserves. The authors stress that such a reconfiguration of energy systems is both feasible and fundable if rapid and resolute action is taken in the coming two decades. To this end, they propose a roadmap with specific milestones, making this an indispensable contribution to the scientific and policy debates on these critical issues and essential reading for those engaged with them. |