Carbon emissions control strategies : case studies in international cooperation / William U. Chandler, editor
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : World Wildlife Fund & The Conservation Foundation, [1990]
- Copyright Date:
- ©1990
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Chandler, William U., 1950-
- Contents:
- THE CRITICAL DECADE: Trends in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions -- Future energy-related carbon dioxide emissions -- Potential for reducing carbon emissions in industrial nations -- Methodology -- Policy issues -- Toward a consensus? -- THE SOVIET UNION: Current greenhouse gas emissions -- The dynamics of future soviet greenhouse gas emissions -- Technological means of suppressing greenhouse gas emissions -- Summary of control costs -- Policies for greenhouse gas emissions control -- POLAND: The economic context -- The current energy system -- Carbon emissions reduction potential -- The potential and costs of the technical options -- Policies for achieving the carbon emissions reduction potential -- HUNGARY: Energy Trends 1970-1988 -- Energy Demand Futures -- Alternative Futures -- Policy Implications -- THE UNITED KINGDOM: Carbon dioxide and the energy sector in the United Kingdom -- Scenarios of future emission levels -- Policy discussion -- FRANCE: Promoting nuclear power as a national energy source -- The current decision-making context -- Scenarios for 2030 -- Defining reference scenarios -- Toward two alternative futures -- JAPAN: Base case scenario to the year 2005 -- Energy efficiency scenario -- Potential for Japanese carbon emissions reduction -- Economic impacts of holding carbon emissions constant -- CANADA: Energy use in Canada -- Carbon dioxide abatement -- Policies for cutting carbon emissions -- THE UNITED STATES: Scenarios of United States energy use with carbon emissions -- Policy considerations -- ENERGY AND CARBON DIOXIDE SCENARIOS FOR DEVELOPED NATIONS: A CONSISTENT FRAMEWORK: Country results -- The market economies.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0942635191
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
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