Written by one of the leading experts in the field, Paul Ekins,
Stopping Climate Change provides a comprehensive overview of what is
required to achieve ‘real zero’ carbon dioxide emissions by 2050,
and negative emissions thereafter, which is the only way to stop
human- induced climate change. This will require innovation in
socio-technical systems, and in human behaviour, on an unprecedented
scale. Stopping Climate Change describes the changes required to meet
this goal: in technologies, social institutions and individual
activities. Paul Ekins examines in detail issues around the supply and
demand of energy and materials, and the efficiency of their use. It
also analyses greenhouse gas removal technologies, offsetting and
geoengineering, and plots the reduction of the non- CO2 greenhouse
gas-emitting activities. Having set out the changes required, Ekins
considers the economic implications, in terms of both the innovation
and investments that are necessary to bring them about, and the
effects that these are likely to have on national economies. The
evidence presented points clearly to the economic impacts of
decarbonisation being positive for the majority of countries, and for
the world as a whole, even before considering the benefits of avoided
climate change. When the health benefits of stopping the burning of
fossil fuels are factored in, the global net benefits of
decarbonisation are unequivocal. Drawing on examples from the UK and
Europe, but with wider relevance at a global scale, Stopping Climate
Change clearly shows how determined policy action at different levels
could stop climate change. It will be of great interest to students,
scholars and policymakers researching and working in the field of
climate change and energy policy.
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Policies for Real Zero
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ISBN
9781000997606
Publisert
2023
Utgave
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Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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