Energy justice : climate change mitigation and adaptation / / edited by Elena V. Shabliy, Martha J. Crawford, and Dmitry Kurochkin

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.73874
• Soggetto topico: Human ecology - Study and teaching; Climate change mitigation
• Persona (resp. second.): CrawfordMartha J.; ShabliyElena V.; KurochkinD. N.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- 1 Energy and Environmental Justice -- Introduction -- The Paris Agreement Agenda: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation -- The Covid-19 Crisis and Global Energy and Health Systems -- Climate and Energy (In)Justice -- Global Environmental Equity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 2 The Forgotten Impacts of Waste Disposal and Intergenerational Justice -- Introduction -- Energy Generation and Consumption Policy Context: The Energy Transition Is Underway -- Usefulness and Limitations of the Tenets of Energy Justice -- Forgotten Impacts from Waste Disposal -- Mountain-Top-Removal in the US -- The Failure of High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal in the US -- Hydraulic Fracturing and the Disposal of Wastewater -- Temporal Dimension and Intergenerational Justice -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3 Nomadic Power: The Case of Solar Panels in Mongolia -- Introduction -- Solar Works in Mongolia -- Mongolia's Early Introduction of Solar Power -- Solar Ger Electrification Program -- The Renewable Energy and Rural Electricity Access Project (REAP) -- Future of Mongolian Solar -- Effect of Solar for Herding Communities -- Economic Impacts -- Social Impacts -- Environmental Impacts -- International Implications -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4 Semantics of Cleanliness -- Introduction -- Mining Uranium -- Risk: Douglas and Wildavsky's Foresight -- The Invisible Emissions and Images of Nuclear Power -- Bibliography -- 5 Destined for Coal? A "Hierarchy of Harms" and the Prospects of Renewable Energy in Kosovo -- Introduction -- Energy Needs and Policies in Kosovo -- Renewable Energy in Kosovo -- Rationalist and Constructivist Stances on Renewable Energy -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography. ; 6 Appraising the Sustainability Aspect in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Discourse: The Case of Uganda -- Introduction -- Overview of Climate Change in Uganda -- Understanding Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation -- The Concept "Sustainability" -- Interconnecting Sustainability and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation -- Sustainability Aspect in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Discourse in Uganda -- Sustainability, Climate Change, and Policy Discourse -- Sustainability, Climate Change, and Popular Discourse -- Barriers to Sustainability in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Uganda -- Bridging the Sustainability Gap in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Policy Prompts -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 7 Brazil's Green Energy: Today and Tomorrow -- Introduction -- Biofuels -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 8 Trade Justice, Human Rights, and the Case of Palm Oil -- Introduction -- Trade Justice Framework -- Human Rights Norms Applicable for International Trade -- Environment, Exploitation, and Regime Efficiency in Palm Oil Trade: The Case of RSPO -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 9 Energy Justice Across Generations -- Introduction -- Framework of Intergenerational Justice -- The Principle of Comparable Options -- The Principle of Comparable Quality -- The Principle of Comparable Access -- The Principles of Non-violation and Remedial Justice -- Energy Justice -- Distribution -- Recognition -- Procedures -- Critical Analysis -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Energy Justice
• ISBN: 3-030-93068-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910553072403321
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