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Climate Change, Climate Science and Economics - Prospects for an Alternative Energy Future (Hardcover, 2013 ed.) Loot Price: R4,679
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Climate Change, Climate Science and Economics - Prospects for an Alternative Energy Future (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): G.Cornelis...

Climate Change, Climate Science and Economics - Prospects for an Alternative Energy Future (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

G.Cornelis van Kooten

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This volume enables readers to understand the complexity associated with climate change policy and the science behind it. For example, the author describes the criticism and defense of the widely known hockey stick temperature graph derived from combining instrumental data and proxy temperature indications using tree ring, ice core and other paleoclimatic data.

Readers will also learn that global warming cannot easily be avoided by reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions in rich countries. Not only is emissions reduction extremely difficult in rich countries, but demands such as the UN mandate to improve the lives of the poorest global citizens cannot be satisfied without significantly increasing global energy use, and CO2 emissions. Therefore, the author asserts that climate engineering and adaptation are preferable to mitigation, particularly since the science is less than adequate for making firm statements about the Earth s future climate.Readers will also learn that global warming cannot easily be avoided by reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions in rich countries. Not only is emissions reduction extremely difficult in rich countries, but demands such as the UN mandate to improve the lives of the poorest global citizens cannot be satisfied without significantly increasing global energy use, and CO2 emissions. Therefore, the author asserts that climate engineering and adaptation are preferable to mitigation, particularly since the science is less than adequate for making firm statements about the Earth s future climate."

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Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Release date: August 2012
First published: 2013
Authors: G.Cornelis van Kooten
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 468
Edition: 2013 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-9400749870
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General
Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming
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LSN: 9400749872
Barcode: 9789400749870

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