Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation

Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Herausgeber: Edenhofer, Ottmar; Schlömer, Steffen; Hansen, Gerrit; Eickemeier, Patrick; Zwickel, Timm; Kadner, Susanne; Seyboth, Kristin; Sokona, Youba; Pichs-Madruga, Ramón; Matschoss, Patrick; Stechow, Christoph von

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Comprehensive, objective assessment of the literature on renewable energy and its role in climate change mitigation for policymakers, professionals, researchers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 1084
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 228mm x 58mm
• Gewicht: 3213g
• ISBN-13: 9781107023406
• ISBN-10: 1107023408
• Artikelnr.: 34571126

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Summary for policymakers
Technical summary
1. Renewable energy and climate change
2. Bioenergy
3. Direct solar energy
4. Geothermal energy
5. Hydropower
6. Ocean energy
7. Wind energy
8. Integration of renewable energy into present and future energy systems
9. Renewable energy in the context of sustainable development
10. Mitigation potential and costs
11. Policy, financing and implementation
Annex I. Glossary and acronyms
Annex II. Methodology
Annex III. Recent renewable energy cost and performance parameters
Annex IV. Contributors to the IPCC Special Report
Annex V. Reviewers of the IPCC Special Report
Annex VI. Permissions to publish.