Superpower : Australia's Low-Carbon Opportunity.

We have unparalleled renewable energy resources. We also have the necessary scientific skills. Australia could be the natural home for an increasing proportion of global industry. But how do we make this happen? In this crisp, compelling book, Australia's leading thinker about climate and energ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garnaut, Ross
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collingwood : Schwartz Publishing Pty, Limited, 2019.
Temas:
2000-2099
Clean energy industries > Australia.
Renewable energy sources > Government policy > Australia.
Renewable energy sources > Economic aspects > Australia.
Renewable energy sources > Australia.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects > Australia.
Economic forecasting > Australia.
Energy industries > Australia.
Energy policy > Australia.
Climatic changes > Social aspects > Australia.
Énergies propres > Industrie > Australie.
Énergies renouvelables > Politique gouvernementale > Australie.
Énergies renouvelables > Australie.
Climat > Changements > Aspect économique > Australie.
Prévision économique > Australie.
Industries énergétiques > Australie.
Politique énergétique > Australie.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social > Australie.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects
Clean energy industries
Climatic changes > Social aspects
Economic forecasting
Economic policy
Energy industries
Energy policy
Renewable energy sources
Renewable energy sources > Economic aspects
Renewable energy sources > Government policy
Australia > Economic policy > 21st century.
Australie > Politique économique > 21e siècle.
Australia
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 A Personal Reflection on Australia's Climate Change Odyssey; 2 Exorcising the Diabolical Policy Problem; Climate change and economic development; Our shared scientific understanding; The ethics of climate change; Developments in global action; The Australian policy tangle; 3 Risk, Reward and the Economics of Climate Change; Decisions by one country in a many-country world; Comparing costs and benefits; Introducing the fish; What has changed?; Regulation and funding as an alternative to carbon pricing
  • International trade in emissions entitlementsAustralian policy after Abbott; The contemporary fish; Appendix to Chapter 3; 4 The Electricity Transformation; Difficult politics; The energy transition in 2008 and 2011; Spurs to decarbonisation; The trilemma trainwreck: emissions, prices, security; Reliability, transmission and storage; Electricity as the foundation of the energy superpower; 5 The Industrial Transformation; Recent developments; Australia's competitiveness in a zero-carbon world; An advantage lost and gained; Manufacturing aluminium metal competitively
  • Manufacturing clean iron competitivelyOther energy-intensive manufacturing; Biomass as a base for industry; Locations of zero-emissions industries; Fugitive emissions; 6 The Transport Transformation; A follower, not a leader; Transport and the grid; The rise of the electric car; 7 Earthing Carbon; Landscape and emissions; The food challenge; Carbon farming and the international rules; Growing the future; 8 Embracing Australia's Low-Carbon Opportunity; A new framework; Australia as the superpower of the post-carbon world economy; Acknowledgements; Notes and Sources; Index; Back Cover

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