1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990001204860203316

Autore

American Law Institute

Titolo

Restatement in the Courts : Glossary of words and phrases defined in the restatement : History of the American Law Institute an the first restatement of the Law / American Law Institute

Pubbl/distr/stampa

St. Paul : American Law Institute, 1954

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 1018 p. ; 23 cm

Collocazione

IX E 145 bis

IX E 145 4 supp.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465156803321

Autore

Diesendorf Mark

Titolo

Sustainable energy solutions for climate change / / Mark Diesendorf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney : , : UNSW Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-74224-168-9

1-74224-670-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Disciplina

551.6

Soggetti

Climate change mitigation - Australia

Climate change mitigation - Government policy - Australia

Climatic changes - Australia

Science - Social aspects - Australia

Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric - Research

Sustainable development - Australia

Climate change mitigation - Research - Australia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part A:Basic conceptsand scenarios; 1: Energy and its Greenhouse Gas Emissions; 2: Energy Resources and Technologies; 3: Sustainable Energy Scenarios; Part B: Which Technologies are Sustainable?; 4. Saving Energy; 5. Renewable Energy Technology Impacts; 6. Is Nuclear Energy a Solution?; 7: Transport and Urban Form; Part C: Policies, Strategies, Politics and Actions; 8. General Policies for the Great Transition; 9. Targeted Policies for Renewable Energy; 10. Who Will Drive the Transition?; 11. Citizen Action; 12. Conclusion

Appendix: What You Can DoReferences and Notes; Glossary; Abbreviations; Units and Conversion Factors; Further Reading; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a call to action on climate change, filled with clear and detailed information on the strategies we need to adopt to ensure a sustainable future for the planet. Unlike other books on the subject, it brings together both the technology and policy issues to provide a truly interdisciplinary approach. Mark Diesendorf provides a guide to our future energy options, outlining the enormous recent changes in the energy sector in Australia and internationally. Diesendorf argues that we now have the technologies needed to transform our fossil-fuel based energy systems into an ecologically s