ISBN:
9789264198388
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (165 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Beyond Kyoto : Energy Dynamics and Climate Stabilisation
DDC:
333.79
Keywords:
Electronic books
;
Klimaänderung
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Kohlendioxid
;
Energiepolitik
Abstract:
Mitigating climate change will require profound changes in world energy production and use. While the full effects of climate change are not likely to be felt for decades, the need for action is more immediate, for changes in greenhouse gas concentrations are almost irreversible. Solutions exist in the form of energy efficiency improvements, fuel switching to non-carbon sources, and carbon recovery and storage. But the long-term costs of mitigation and the precise extent and pace of climate damage remain uncertain. So policy-makers face the task of conceiving and implementing measures in a con
Description / Table of Contents:
¦ Co-ordinated policies and measures¦ Ancillary benefits and sustainable development; ¦ Promises and limits of financial assistanceand the Clean Development Mechanism; 5. Future Commitments: timing, allocation and structure; ¦ Timing; ¦ Allocation; 6. Options for future agreements; ¦ Uncertainties are the problem; ¦ The price cap; ¦ Zero price cap: the non-binding target option; ¦ The dynamic target option; Conclusion; Appendix: Certainty versus stringency; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; References;
Description / Table of Contents:
Foreword; Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1. Climate change and decision-making; ¦ Reality of climate change; ¦ Stabilisation dynamics; ¦ Decision-making under uncertainty; ¦ Certainty versus stringency; 2. Choices in the energy sector; ¦ The predominance of energy-related emissions; ¦ Energy savings come first; ¦ Fuel switching; ¦ Non-carbon emitting energy sources; 3. Current commitments; ¦ The need for international co-operation; ¦ The UN Framework Convention on Climate Changeand its Kyoto Protocol; ¦ Likely effects of current commitments; 4. Inducing change; ¦ Learning-by-doing
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1787/9789264171022-en
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