Reaching Net Zero : what it takes to solve the global climate crisis /

Reaching Net Zero: What It Takes to Solve the Global Climate Crisis addresses the imminent need to fully understand the causes, effects, and evidence of global warming; due to the large amount of climate disinformation and complexity of much of the available valid science, this book addresses the sc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Fletcher, William D. (Autor), Smith, Craig B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, [2020]
Temas:
Climate change mitigation.
Climatic changes > Government policy.
Climat > Changements > Att�enuation.
Climate change mitigation
Climatic changes > Government policy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Addressing global warming.
  • Part I: The eart as a system
  • Fundamental drivers of global warming
  • How do we know global warming is real?
  • How do we know man-made CO2 is the issue?
  • What are the effects of global warming?
  • International efforts to address global warming.
  • Part II: What would it take to reach net zero?
  • Energy alternatives
  • Unique problems of major contributors to global warming
  • Why is global warming such a difficult problem to solve?
  • Some successes and failures.
  • Part III: Action plan : efficiency, power, transportation, and land use
  • Can it be done?
  • The way forward.

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