Managing global warming [electronic resource] : an interface of technology and human issues / edited by Trevor M. Letcher.

What are the causes of global warming? What options are available to solving the global warming problem? How can each option be realistically implemented? Technological Solutions to Global Warming is the first book of its kind, based on scientific content providing an overall reference looking at th...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Letcher, T. M. (Trevor M.) (Editor)
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA, United States : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019]
Subjects:
Global warming.
Climatic changes.
Carbon dioxide mitigation.
Global warming > Management.
Online Access:
ScienceDirect eBooks - Energy 2018: 2019 (ScienceDirect)
Variant Title:
Managing Global Warming: An Interface of Technology and Human Issues
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Section A. Introduction. Why do we have global warming? / Trevor M Letcher
  • The Paris Agreement : Implications for greenhouse gas removal and zero emissions energy production / Robert Chris
  • Current status of electricity generation in the world and future of nuclear power industry / I. Pioro, R. Duffey
  • Section B. Reducing CO₂ : fossil fuels, nuclear energy. Current and future nuclear power reactors and plants / I. Pioro, R. Duffey
  • Nuclear fusion : What of the future? / Richard Kembleton
  • Global renewable energy resources and use in 2050 / Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery
  • Section C. Reducing greenhouse gases : renewables and zero carbon/carbon neutral forms of energy and electric cars. Methane hydrate as a "new energy" / Liang Cui, Azizul Moqsud, Masayuki Hyodo, Subhamoy Bhattacharya
  • Hydropower / Anund Killingtveit
  • Solar energy / Lee Phillips
  • Wind power : A sustainable way to limit climate change / Georgios Nikitas, Subhamoy Bhattacharya, Nathan Vimalan, Hasan Emre Demirci, Nikolaos Nikitas, Prashant Kumar
  • Storing electrical energy / Trevor M Letcher
  • Bioenergy / Mirjam Röder, Andrew Welfle
  • Quantifying the climate effects of forest-based bioenergy / Annette L. Cowie, Miguel Brandão, Sampo Soimakallio
  • Hydrogen fuel, fuel cells, and methane / Johannes Lindorfer, Gerda Reiter, Robert Tichler, Horst Steinmüller
  • An overview of ground-source heat pump technology / Rao Martand Singh, Abubakar Kawuwa Sani, Tony Amis
  • Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide / Mojgan Hadi Mosleh, Majid Sedighi, Masoud Babaei, Matthew Turner
  • Section D. Reducing CO₂ : industry, farming and improved efficiency. Polymer from plants : biomass fixed carbon dioxide as a resource / Janet L. Scott, Antoine Buchard
  • Carbon dioxide utilization as a mitigation tool / Peter Styring
  • Greener farming : managing carbon and nitrogen cycles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture / Laurence G. Smith, Nicolas H. Lampkin
  • Section E. Geo-engineering. Geoengineering : Sunlight reflection methods and negative emissions technology for greenhouse gas removal / Renaud de Richter, Sylvain Caillol, Tingzhen Ming
  • Section F. Environmental and human issues. Normative issues of geoengineering technologies / Clare Heyward
  • The social cost of carbon : capturing the costs of climate impacts in US policy / Peter H. Howard
  • Migration and climate change / Andrea C. Simonelli
  • Social justice and climate change / Alice Venn
  • The economics of geoengineering / Anthony Harding, Juan B. Moreno-Cruz
  • Justice in managing global climate change / Ivo Wallimann-Helmer
  • Local action that changes the world : Fresh perspectives on climate change mitigation and adaptation from Australia / Phil Ireland, Declan Clausen.