- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 2 edition (11 Nov 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844077497
- ISBN-13: 978-1844077496
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.6 x 3.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 826,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'We won't be able to address climate change if the world sees it purely as an environmental problem. That's why books like this, which show we can tackle climate change and promote prosperity, are so important. By drawing out the links between climate change and economic development it provides the sort of broader framework for thinking that will help us get the big decisions right.' Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, UK Government 'This very timely book is a welcome addition to the literature on a topic that is rightly occupying centre stage in global discussions. Climate change is the biggest challenge our civilisation has had to face because it requires the collective response of all peoples and all nations. The view of developing countries, contained in this volume, is crucial to negotiations towards defossilising our economies.' Professor Sir David King, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (and Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government 2000-2007 'Energy systems need to change around the world to help address environment and other sustainable development challenges. How energy solutions can be identified, developed, and implemented is of great concern to us all. This is recommended reading!' Thomas B Johansson, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University, Sweden 'By far the most comprehensive global overview of the inter-relationships between energy, environment and human development. Replete with key data, charts and diagrams... A tour de force.' Hazel Henderson, Ethicalmarkets.com 'loaded with information' CHOICE Magazine
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The relationship between energy and the environment has been the basis of many studies over the years, as has the relationship between energy and development, yet both of these approaches may produce distortions. In the first edition of this book, Professor Goldemberg pioneered the study of all three elements in relation to one another. With contributions from Oswaldo Lucon, this second edition has been expanded and updated to cover how energy is related to the major challenges of sustainability faced by the world today. The book starts by conceptualizing energy, and then relates it to human activities, to existing natural resources and to development indicators. It then covers the main environmental problems, their causes and possible solutions. Disaggregating national populations by income and by how different income groups consume energy, the authors identify the differences between local, regional and global environmental impacts, and can thus ascertain who is responsible for them. Finally, they discuss general and specific policies to promote sustainable development in energy. New coverage is included of today's pressing issues, including security, environmental impact assessment and future climate change/renewable energy regimes. The authors also cover all major new international agreements and technological developments. Energy, Environment and Development is the result of many years of study and practical experience in policy formulation, discussion and implementation in these fields by the authors. Written in a technical yet accessible style, the book is aimed at students on a range of courses, as well as non-energy specialists who desire an overview of recent thought in the area.
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most comprehensive overview of inter-relationships of energy, environment and development
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By far the most comprehensive global overview of the inter-relationships between energy, environment and human development. Replete with key data, charts and diagrams. This volume integrates past and current debates on energy vis-à-vis income levels, technological choices, potentials for developing countries to "leapfrog" obsolete models of industrialism, the need to correct GDP and economic models, the hidden costs of energy, pollution, deforestation and the relevance of population and lifestyles. A tour de force - including a timeline of human use of energy from 5000 BC and the discovery of fire through to the climate change debates of 2009.
Hazel Henderson, December 2009, Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy
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