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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958101003321

Autore

Ebinger Jane O

Titolo

Climate impacts on energy systems : : key issues for energy sector adaptation / / Jane Ebinger, Walter Vergara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2011

ISBN

9786613016331

9781283016339

1283016338

9780821386989

0821386980

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxxix, 178 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; ; 26 cm

Collana

A World Bank study

Altri autori (Persone)

EbingerJane

VergaraWalter

Disciplina

333.79

Soggetti

Energy policy

Power resources - Forecasting

Electric power consumption - Forecasting

Climatic changes - Government policy

Climatic changes

Natural disasters - Risk assessment

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Tables; Figures; Acronyms and Abbreviations; World Bank Countries and Regions; 1. Overview; 2. Observed and Expected Climate Change; 3. Climate Impacts on Energy; Boxes; 4. Emerging Adaptation Practices; 5. Weather and Climate Information; 6. Climate Resilience; 7. Near-term Actions to Support Adaptation; Glossary; References; Appendixes

Sommario/riassunto

While the energy sector is a primary target of efforts to arrest and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions and lower the carbon footprint of development, it is also expected to be increasingly affected by unavoidable climate consequences from the damage already induced in the biosphere. Energy services and resources, as well as seasonal demand, will be increasingly affected by changing trends, increasing



variability, greater extremes and large inter-annual variations in climate parameters in some regions. All evidence suggests that adaptation is not an optional add-on but an essential