Managing global warming : an interface of technology and human issues / edited by Trevor M. Letcher

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- 1: Why do we have global warming? -- 2: The Paris Agreement -- Implications for greenhouse gas removal and zero emissions energy production -- 3: Current status of electricity generation in the world and future of nuclear power industry -- 4: Current and future nuclear power reactors and plants -- 5: Nuclear fusion: What of the future? -- 6: Global renewable energy resources and use in 2050 -- 7: Methane hydrate as a "new energy" -- 8: Hydropower -- 9: Solar energy -- 10: Wind power: A sustainable way to limit climate change -- 11: Storing electrical energy -- 12: Bioenergy -- 13: Quantifying the climate effects of forest-based bioenergy -- 14: Hydrogen fuel, fuel cells, and methane -- 15: An overview of ground-source heat pump technology -- 16: Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide -- 17: Polymer from plants: biomass fixed carbon dioxide as a resource -- 18: Carbon dioxide utilization as a mitigation tool -- 19: Greener farming: managing carbon and nitrogen cycles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture -- 20: Geo engineering: Sunlight reflection methods and negative emissions technology for greenhouse gas removal -- 21: Normative issues of geoengineering technologies -- 22: The social cost of carbon: capturing the costs of climate impacts in US policy -- 23: Migration and climate change -- 24: Social justice and climate change -- 25: The economics of geoengineering -- 26: Justice in managing global climate change -- 27: Local action that changes the world: Fresh perspectives on climate change mitigation and adaptation from Australia -- Index

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