Title:
Proven climate solutions : leading voices on how to accelerate change
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Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2024]
Physical Description:
xv, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781538186534
Abstract:
"This book features essays from leading experts on the proven ways to resolve the key issues facing the planet in the next very critical 11 or 12 years, covering a range of topics from electric aviation and lithium batteries to biodiversity and the circular economy"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
1. Stop Burning Things -- 2. The realities of the climate imperative -- 3. 100% renewables and the six year payback -- 4. Selling our home to the highest bidder -- 5. False solutions from the gas industry -- 6. Opportunity costs and distractions -- 7. Here comes the sun: distributed energy resources and virtual power plants -- 8. Change -- 9. Policy and planning for electric vehicle grid integration -- 10. The energy storage challenge -- 11. Aviation electrification -- 12. Reinventing buildings and communities -- 13. Hockey, natural refrigerants and greening industry -- 14. Polar biodiversity and climate -- 15. Arrogance, carelessness and humility -- 16. Circular food systems: feeding the urban world -- 17. Water -- 18. Toward energy neutrality: energy-saving strategies and emerging technologies for wastewater treatment plants -- 19. Urban planning, government priorities and oxygen.
Language:
English
