Putting the Genie Back: Solving the Climate and Energy Dilemma
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1787144488 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
At its most ambitious, the Paris Agreement implies a transition within the global energy system such that carbon dioxide emissions fall rapidly from 40 billion tonnes per annum in 2016, to net-zero by the middle of the century. The warming of the climate system, first recognized over a century ago, has become one of the key political and social issues of our time. Yet our fossil fuel based energy system which ushered in the Industrial Revolution nearly 200 years ago continues to grow and evolve even as new sources of energy come into the market and compete. On November 4th 2016 the Paris Agreement entered into force. The principal economic instrument for change is clear and has been for over two decades, but in 2017 only a fraction of the global economy actively employs government led carbon pricing policies and within that only a handful of systems operate at a level commensurate with the pace and scale of change that is necessary. As deployment of new energy technologies accelerates, can solutions be found to cover the full range of services delivered by fossil fuels an
"Putting the Genie Back is a sobering and insightful look at our global climate challenge and how we arrived at this point. A clear-eyed view of the possible." --Bob Perciasepe, President of C2ES and former EPA Deputy Administrator . Hone then pragmatically describes solutions, if our combined political will can be summoned to the task