Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation

Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

1088 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change and its potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Its report examines the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change for policymakers, the private sector, academic researchers and civil society. It covers six renewable energy sources — bioenergy, direct solar energy, geothermal energy, hydropower, ocean energy and wind energy — as well as their integration into present and future energy systems. It considers the environmental and social consequences associated with the deployment of these technologies, and presents strategies to overcome technical as well as non to technical obstacles to their application and diffusion.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• ISBN: 9781107607101
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.11.2011
• Größe: 286 x 220 mm
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Herausgegeben von: Gerrit Hansen, Ramón Pichs-Madruga, Kristin Seyboth, Patrick Eickemeier, Youba Sokona, Timm Zwickel, Steffen Schlömer, Ottmar Edenhofer, Patrick Matschoss, Susanne Kadner, Christoph von Stechow