Global Change, Energy Issues and Regulation Policies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Saulnier, Jean Bernard. (Editor), Varella, Marcelo D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Integrated Science & Technology Program, 2
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Renewable energy sources.; Sustainable development.; Environment.; Sustainable Development.; Climate Change Impacts.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6661-7

This book analyses the deep interaction between the world<U+0019>s environmental crises, energy production, conversion and use, and global regulation policies. Bringing together experts from a wide range of scientific fields, including physics, geosciences, social sciences, and so on, it off...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents: Global Change Research II: some keys to the climate/energy crisis
• Greenhouse gases and climatic change
• New perspectives for fossil fuels: Hydrocarbons in "unconventional" settings
• Urban physical infrastructure adaptation to climate change
• Sustainable Nuclear Energy helps Europe to meet its energy challenges
• CO2 Capture transport and storage, a promising technology for limiting climate change
• New energy sources and CO2 treatment
• Introduction to Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies and their Contribution to a Sustainable Energy Future
• Biomass for energy: energetic and environmental challenges of biofuels
• Meeting Environmental and Energy Challenges: CNG Conversion of Motor Vehicles in Dhaka.- After Copenhagen, Revisiting both the scientific and political framings of the climate change regime
• The Drafting of the Future International Climate Regime: From the Copenhagen Accord to the Cancn͠ Agreements
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• Index.