The Carbon Crunch
Title | The Carbon Crunch PDF eBook |
Author | Dieter Helm |
Publisher | Yale.ORIM |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2012-10-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0300217412 |
An economist’s take on “why the world’s efforts to curb the carbon dioxide emissions behind global warming have gone so wrong, and how it can do better” (Financial Times). Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise. Coal, the most damaging of all fossil fuels, has actually risen from 25% to almost 30% of world energy use. And while European countries congratulate themselves on reducing emissions, they’ve increased their carbon imports from China and other developing nations, who continue to expand their coal use. As standards of living improve in developing countries, coal use can only increase as well—and global temperatures along with it. Written by an Oxford economist who specializes in environmental issues, this book goes beyond pieties and pipe dreams to address the practical realities that are preventing us from making progress on this crucial issue—and what we can do differently before it’s too late. “Should be compulsory reading for the entire political class as well as the bureaucratic elite and the commentariat.”—New Statesman “An optimistically levelheaded book about actually dealing with global warming.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A powerful and heartfelt plea for hard-nosed realism.”—New Scientist
The Carbon Crunch
Title | The Carbon Crunch PDF eBook |
Author | Dieter Helm |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2015-01-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0300215320 |
In a new edition of his hard-hitting book on climate change, economist Dieter Helm looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a new, pragmatic rethinking of energy policy. “An optimistically levelheaded book about actually dealing with global warming.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review “[Dieter Helm] has turned his agile mind to one of the great problems of our age: why the world's efforts to curb the carbon dioxide emissions behind global warming have gone so wrong, and how it can do better.”—Pilita Clark,Financial Times
The Carbon Crunch
Title | The Carbon Crunch PDF eBook |
Author | Dieter Helm |
Publisher | |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Climatic changes |
ISBN |
Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise. Coal, the most damaging of all fossil fuels, has actually risen from 25 per cent to almost 30 per cent of world energy use. And while European countries have congratulated themselves on reducing emissions, they have increased their carbon imports from China and other developing nations, who continue to expand their coal use. As standards of living increase in developing countries, coal use can only increase as well, and global temperatures along with it. In this book, the author looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a new, pragmatic rethinking of energy policy, from transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to electrification of transport, to carbon pricing and a focus on new technologies. This book impacts on how we think about climate change. -- Publisher information.
The Carbon Crunch
Title | The Carbon Crunch PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Switzer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Carbon taxes |
ISBN | 9780646500300 |
The Carbon Challenge
Title | The Carbon Challenge PDF eBook |
Author | Geoff Bertram |
Publisher | Bridget Williams Books |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2021-05-24 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1927131227 |
New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme favour big farming and industrial emitters over households and small businesses, argue academics Geoff Bertram and Simon Terry. In a plain language guide that demystifies the complex world of emissions trading, they contend that New Zealand has a wealth of options for cutting emissions more equitably – but courageous political leadership is needed.
The Carbon Crunch
Title | The Carbon Crunch PDF eBook |
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Release | 2021 |
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Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change
Title | Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change PDF eBook |
Author | Dieter Helm |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2020-09-03 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 000840447X |
What can we really do about the climate emergency? The inconvenient truth is that we are causing the climate crisis with our carbon intensive lifestyles and that fixing – or even just slowing – it will affect all of us. But it can be done.