Global Change, Energy Issues and Regulation Policies

This book analyses the deep interaction between the world’s environmental crises, energy production, conversion and use, and global regulation policies.   Bringing together experts from a wide range of scientific fields, including physics, geosciences, social sciences, and so on, it offers the reade...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Saulnier, Jean Bernard. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Varella, Marcelo D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Integrated Science & Technology Program, 2
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6661-7
Table of Contents:
  • From the contents: Global Change Research II: some keys to the climate/energy crisis
  • Greenhouse gases and climatic change
  • New perspectives for fossil fuels: Hydrocarbons in "unconventional" settings
  • Urban physical infrastructure adaptation to climate change
  • Sustainable Nuclear Energy helps Europe to meet its energy challenges
  • CO2 Capture transport and storage, a promising technology for limiting climate change
  • New energy sources and CO2 treatment
  • Introduction to Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies and their Contribution to a Sustainable Energy Future
  • Biomass for energy: energetic and environmental challenges of biofuels
  • Meeting Environmental and Energy Challenges: CNG Conversion of Motor Vehicles in Dhaka.-  After Copenhagen, Revisiting both the scientific and political framings of the climate change regime
  • The Drafting of the Future International Climate Regime: From the Copenhagen Accord to the Cancún Agreements
  • (…)
  • Index.