Overview
Presents a comprehensive overview of the global climate change impacts caused by the widespread and continuing use of fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas
Reviews the key renewable energy technologies: solar photovoltaics, wind power, hydropower, and geothermal energy
Introduces a theory-of-change approach to substantially reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050
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About this book
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the global climate change impacts caused by the continued use of fossil fuels, which results in enormous damage to the global environment, biodiversity, and human health. It argues that the key to a transition to a low carbon future is the rapid and large-scale deployment of renewable energy technologies in power generation, transport and industry, coupled with super energy-efficient building design and construction. However, the author also reveals how major oil companies and petrochemical conglomerates have systematically attempted to manufacture doubt and uncertainty about global warming and climate change, continue to block the commercialization of solar energy and wind power, and impede the electrification of the transport sector. Martin Bush’s solution is a theory-of-change approach to substantially reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, which sets out realistic steps that people can take now to help make a difference.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Martin J. Bush has over thirty years of senior project management experience in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean in the fields of renewable energy, natural resources management, disaster preparedness, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Change and Renewable Energy
Book Subtitle: How to End the Climate Crisis
Authors: Martin J. Bush
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15424-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15423-3Published: 18 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15426-4Published: 18 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15424-0Published: 08 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 525
Topics: Environment Studies, Climate Change Management and Policy, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Climate Change, Environmental Geography