Limiting Global Warming To Well Below 2 C Energy System Modelling And Policy Development

Author : George Giannakidis,Kenneth Karlsson,Maryse Labriet,B. Ó Gallachóir
Publisher : Springer
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319744247

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Limiting Global Warming to Well Below 2 °C: Energy System Modelling and Policy Development by George Giannakidis,Kenneth Karlsson,Maryse Labriet,B. Ó Gallachóir Pdf

This book presents the energy system roadmaps necessary to limit global temperature increase to below 2°C, in order to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change. It provides a unique perspective on and critical understanding of the feasibility of a well-below-2°C world by exploring energy system pathways, technology innovations, behaviour change and the macro-economic impacts of achieving carbon neutrality by mid-century. The transformative changes in the energy transition are explored using energy systems models and scenario analyses that are applied to various cities, countries and at a global scale to offer scientific evidence to underpin complex policy decisions relating to climate change mitigation and interrelated issues like energy security and the energy–water nexus. It includes several chapters directly related to the Nationally Determined Contributions proposed in the context of the recent Paris Agreement on Climate Change. In summary, the book collates a range of concrete analyses at different scales from around the globe, revisiting the roles of countries, cities and local communities in pathways to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make a well-below-2°C world a reality. A valuable source of information for energy modellers in both the industry and public sectors, it provides a critical understanding of both the feasibility of roadmaps to achieve a well-below-2°C world, and the diversity and wide applications of energy systems models. Encompassing behaviour changes; technology innovations; macro-economic impacts; and other environmental challenges, such as water, it is also of interest to energy economists and engineers, as well as economic modellers working in the field of climate change mitigation.

Author : Florentin Krause,Wilfrid Bach,Jon Koomey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X001982492

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Energy Policy in the Greenhouse by Florentin Krause,Wilfrid Bach,Jon Koomey Pdf

The globe is warming and while no one knows quite what will happen as a result, it is clear that slowing the process is a necessary goal. Other studies have considered warming fates, this one brings sophisticated computer modelling to bear on ways of minimizing the risks. All the contributing gases are taken into account, and the authors demonstrate the global need to produce a budget for cumulative releases between now and the year 2100. They also demonstrate the need to return to a rate of fossil carbon storage equal to that of the mid-1980s. These budgets look at issues of international equity and the ways of moving to a binding agreement. The price of failure to control greenhouse gas emissions may be uncertain, but it will be more than anyone can afford. Political will lies at the root of successful climate stabilization and major transfers to Third World countries will be needed if there is to be any chance of success. This book provides an agenda for advance.

Author : International Energy Agency
Publisher : OECD
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015042757974

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Mapping the Energy Future by International Energy Agency Pdf

The IEA held a series of three seminars between May 1996 and October 1997 on the insights from modelling relevant to energy and climate change. The seminars brought together key analysts, government and business experts, and policy makers from IEA member countries directly involved with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The participants' contributions and insights deserve strong acknowledgement. Modelling offers an indispensable analytical tool to evaluate how energy systems could best respond to restrictions on carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions, and to identify the most cost-effective and resilient policy instruments to reach these goals. It can provide key perceptions for analysis of comprehensive packages of economic and non-economic policy instruments within a consistent framework. This book maps the main approaches of energy modelling, their assumptions and their logic, to help policy makers and non-modellers understand and use its contributions. The text draws on papers prepared for the seminars by the IEA Secretariat, presentations given by participants and some general insights which emerged on economic modelling of climate change. In line with the main objective of the seminars, it avoids 'peer review' of different climate change models or specific policy suggestions, attempting instead to bridge the gap between modelling and policy making.

Author : Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9291691437

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Climate Change 2014 by Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat Pdf

Author : Terry Barker,Douglas Crawford-Brown
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783265138

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Decarbonising the World's Economy by Terry Barker,Douglas Crawford-Brown Pdf

Too often amongst policy makers and thought leaders an assumption is made that we must make a choice between tackling climate change and having a strong economy; tackling climate change and allowing poorer nations to develop; tackling climate change and having a secure energy system. However, a decade of advanced modelling tested against historical data has provided wide evidence that well-chosen policies can be implemented that avoid these apparent either/or choices. This highly interdisciplinary book provides an overview of potential pathways for the decarbonisation of the global economy. By examining the entire global economy, we show policy-makers and thought-leaders that greatly reducing the risks of climate change can be consistent with energy security, economic development in poor nations, and vibrant economies in already developed nations. Advanced models of the relationships between the economy, energy and climate change pioneered at the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR) over the past decade provides a sound evidence base for decisions. This book examines not only the impacts of policies, but also the feasibility of bringing them forward and the ways in which energy, climate and economic policies can and must be joined up if climate, energy and economic goals are to be met globally. Economists, physicists, engineers, policy analysts, environmental scientists, climate scientists, political analysts, lawyers and computational scientists are brought together for the first time to produce analyses that make up a unique approach to a global problem that must be addressed sooner rather than later. Contents:Introduction (Terry Barker)The Case for Decarbonisation (Douglas Crawford-Brown and Martin Sewell)Policies and Measures for Mitigating Climate Change (Paul Haynes and Yongfu Huang)Scenario Design for a Global Low-carbon Economy (Jun Li and Aleix Altimiras-Martin)Modelling Decarbonisation Scenarios (Annela Anger, Terry Barker and Mark Syddall)The Economic Feasibility of Policies for Decarbonisation (Terry Barker, Annela Anger and Hector Pollitt)Feasibility of Decarbonisation from a Technology Perspective (J-F Mercure and Pablo Salas)Feasibility of Reducing Emissions by End-use Sector (Scott Kelly, Andrew Skelton and Aleix Altimiras-Martin)From Theory to Practice: Climate Policy and Political Feasibility (Sonja Klinsky and Michael Grubb)Co-impacts of a Decarbonised Economy (Douglas Crawford-Brown and Ann Thompson)Conclusions (Terry Barker) Readership: Academics and policy makers interested in forming policies that target energy, climate and economic issues. Key Features:Conclusions are based on a decade of developing some of the most advanced models of links between energy, economic and environmental issuesExamines the entire global economy, showing how policies and actions in any one nation influence behaviours in other nationsHighly interdisciplinary content, with analyses produced by economists, physicists, engineers, policy analysts, environmental scientists, climate scientists, political analysts, lawyers and computational scientistsKeywords:Climate Change;Climate Policy;Economic Development;Environment;Energy Policy;Low Carbon Technology

Author : Maryse Labriet
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031588976

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Aligning the Energy Transition with the Sustainable Development Goals by Maryse Labriet Pdf

Author : XinRong Zhang,Ibrahim Dincer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 855 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319269504

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Energy Solutions to Combat Global Warming by XinRong Zhang,Ibrahim Dincer Pdf

This book gathers an in-depth collection of 45 selected papers presented at the Global Conference on Global Warming 2014 in Beijing, China, covering a broad variety of topics from the main principles of thermodynamics and their role in design, analysis, and the improvements in performance of energy systems to the potential impact of global warming on human health and wellbeing. Given energy production’s role in contributing to global warming and climate change, this work provides solutions to global warming from the point of view of energy. Incorporating multi-disciplinary expertise and approaches, it provides a platform for the analysis of new developments in the area of global warming and climate change, as well as potential energy solutions including renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy storage, hydrogen production, CO2 capture and environmental impact assessment. The research and analysis presented herein will benefit international scientists, researchers, engineers, policymakers and all others with an interest in global warming and its potential solutions.

Author : Bjorn Lomborg
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781541647480

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False Alarm by Bjorn Lomborg Pdf

The New York Times-bestselling "skeptical environmentalist" argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults wonder if it is even ethical to bring new life into the world. Enough, argues bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg. Climate change is real, but it's not the apocalyptic threat that we've been told it is. Projections of Earth's imminent demise are based on bad science and even worse economics. In panic, world leaders have committed to wildly expensive but largely ineffective policies that hamper growth and crowd out more pressing investments in human capital, from immunization to education. False Alarm will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong -- and points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all.

Author : IPCC
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1853 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009177924

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Global Warming of 1.5°C by IPCC Pdf

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report is a comprehensive assessment of our understanding of global warming of 1.5°C, future climate change, potential impacts and associated risks, emission pathways, and system transitions consistent with 1.5°C global warming, and strengthening the global response to climate change in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : Sijbren de Jong,Willem L. Auping,Willem Th. Oosterveld,Artur Usanov,Mercedes Abdalla,Alice van de Bovenkamp,Christopher Frattina della Frattina
Publisher : The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789492102553

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The Geopolitical Impact of Climate Mitigation Policies by Sijbren de Jong,Willem L. Auping,Willem Th. Oosterveld,Artur Usanov,Mercedes Abdalla,Alice van de Bovenkamp,Christopher Frattina della Frattina Pdf

At the Paris Climate Conference held in December 2015, 195 countries adopted the Paris Agreement – the first universal, legally binding global climate deal. The signatory parties committed themselves to a global action plan that aims to keep global warming to well below 2°C and to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C. As part of our Geo-Economics research initiative, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies has investigated the geopolitical consequences of climate mitigation and energy transition among a number of countries richly endowed in hydrocarbons who potentially stand to lose a significant part of their revenue stream as a result of demand changes for fossil fuels. If demand for oil and gas demand were to decrease as a result of successful climate mitigation policies, the financial and social stability of these countries will – ceteris paribus – be negatively affected, especially if they fail to reform their domestic economies. The presented study, entitled The Geopolitical Impact of Climate Mitigation Policies, employs a number of innovative investigative methods and analytical approaches to generate insights regarding sociopolitical stability in the wake of the world’s transition to renewable energy systems in a number of major oil- and gas-exporting nations near Europe. On top of this, the report looks closely at the energy situation in Sub-Saharan Africa and analyzes in detail which choices developing nations face with respect to their future energy mix. Given the deep, and complex relationship between the global energy sector and international politics, these findings have numerous implications – both short and long term – for our future efforts to combat climate change while simultaneously fending off any consequential drivers of sociopolitical instability.

Author : Thomas A. Adams II
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783039215188

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Modeling and Simulation of Energy Systems by Thomas A. Adams II Pdf

Energy Systems Engineering is one of the most exciting and fastest growing fields in engineering. Modeling and simulation plays a key role in Energy Systems Engineering because it is the primary basis on which energy system design, control, optimization, and analysis are based. This book contains a specially curated collection of recent research articles on the modeling and simulation of energy systems written by top experts around the world from universities and research labs, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, National Energy Technology Laboratory of the US Department of Energy, University of Technology Sydney, McMaster University, Queens University, Purdue University, the University of Connecticut, Technical University of Denmark, the University of Toronto, Technische Universität Berlin, Texas A&M, the University of Pennsylvania, and many more. The key research themes covered include energy systems design, control systems, flexible operations, operational strategies, and systems analysis. The addressed areas of application include electric power generation, refrigeration cycles, natural gas liquefaction, shale gas treatment, concentrated solar power, waste-to-energy systems, micro-gas turbines, carbon dioxide capture systems, energy storage, petroleum refinery unit operations, Brayton cycles, to name but a few.

Author : Leonidas Anthopoulos
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780128165843

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Smart City Emergence by Leonidas Anthopoulos Pdf

Smart City Emergence: Cases from around the World analyzes how smart cities are currently being conceptualized and implemented, examining the theoretical underpinnings and technologies that connect theory with tangible practice achievements. Using numerous cities from different regions around the globe, the book compares how smart cities of different sizes are evolving in different countries and continents. In addition, it examines the challenges cities face as they adopt the smart city concept, separating fact from fiction, with insights from scholars, government officials and vendors currently involved in smart city implementation. Utilizes a sound and systematic research methodology Includes a review of the latest research developments Contains, in each chapter, a brief summary of the case, an illustration of the theoretical context that lies behind the case, the case study itself, and conclusions showing learned outcomes Examines smart cities in relation to climate change, sustainability, natural disasters and community resiliency

Author : Anastassia Obydenkova
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040086810

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Sustainable Development, Regional Governance, and International Organizations by Anastassia Obydenkova Pdf

This book aspires to establish a dialogue among the studies of sustainable development, global environmental politics, comparative regionalism, and area studies of Eurasia. The chapters in this book reflect deep knowledge of the authors of the main trends in environmental politics at global, international, and national levels before the invasion in Ukraine in 2022. First, the book looks into the role and impact of international organizations such as the European Union (EU), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Arctic Council (AC,) and Global Forums on Climate Action on post-Communist states, but also the role of nation-states (e.g., Russia, Kazakhstan, and China). Second, the book explores relatively new international organizations, such as the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Eurasian Development Bank, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). How do the EAEU, EDB, and the SCO matter, if at all, in promoting an environmental agenda? How do the EU, EBRD, and the AC advance the environmental agenda across the post-Communist region? This book aspires to answer these questions and to shed more light on the challenges to sustainable development in post-Communist Europe, Central Asia, and Eurasia. With a new foreword and afterword, this book will appeal to students, scholars and researchers of political science, international relations, area-studies as well as practitioners and policymakers working in international organizations and dealing with challenges of sustainable development. The other chapters were originally published as a special issue of Problems of Post-Communism.

Author : Wael Al-Delaimy,Veerabhadran Ramanathan,Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030311254

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Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility by Wael Al-Delaimy,Veerabhadran Ramanathan,Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo Pdf

This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related health impacts that range from heat stress, vector-borne diseases, food and water insecurity and chronic diseases to malnutrition and mental well-being. The influence of humans on climate change has been established through extensive published evidence and reports. However, the connections between climate change, the health of the planet and the impact on human health have not received the same level of attention. Therefore, the global focus on the public health impacts of climate change is a relatively recent area of interest. This focus is timely since scientists have concluded that changes in climate have led to new weather extremes such as floods, storms, heat waves, droughts and fires, in turn leading to more than 600,000 deaths and the displacement of nearly 4 billion people in the last 20 years. Previous work on the health impacts of climate change was limited mostly to epidemiologic approaches and outcomes and focused less on multidisciplinary, multi-faceted collaborations between physical scientists, public health researchers and policy makers. Further, there was little attention paid to faith-based and ethical approaches to the problem. The solutions and actions we explore in this book engage diverse sectors of civil society, faith leadership, and political leadership, all oriented by ethics, advocacy, and policy with a special focus on poor and vulnerable populations. The book highlights areas we think will resonate broadly with the public, faith leaders, researchers and students across disciplines including the humanities, and policy makers.

Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 2042 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009176965

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Climate Change 2022 - Mitigation of Climate Change by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Pdf

This Working Group III contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report provides a comprehensive and transparent assessment of the literature on climate change mitigation. The report assesses progress in climate change mitigation options for reducing emissions and enhancing sinks. With greenhouse gas emissions at the highest levels in human history, this report provides options to achieve net zero, as pledged by many countries. The report highlights for the first time the social and demand-side aspects of climate mitigation, and assesses the literature on human behaviour, lifestyle, and culture, and its implications for mitigation action. It brings a wide range of disciplines, notably from the social sciences, within the scope of the assessment. IPCC reports are a trusted source for decision makers, policymakers, and stakeholders at all levels (international, regional, national, local) and in all branches (government, businesses, NGOs). Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.