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Author | : United States Senate |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2019-10-23 |
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ISBN | : 9781701885059 |
Examining global warming issues in the power plant sector: hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, June 28, 2007.
Author | : United States Congress |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2017-10-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781978054417 |
Examining global warming issues in the power plant sector: hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, June 28, 2007.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Carbon dioxide mitigation |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Carbon dioxide mitigation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : U.S. Government Printing Office (Gpo) |
Publisher | : BiblioGov |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781295026944 |
Author | : Jane O. Ebinger |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0821386980 |
"While the energy sector is a primary target of efforts to arrest and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions and lower the carbon footprint of development, it is also expected to be increasingly affected by unavoidable climate consequences from the damage already induced in the biosphere. Energy services and resources, as well as seasonal demand, will be increasingly affected by changing trends, increasing variability, greater extremes and large inter-annual variations in climate parameters in some regions. All evidence suggests that adaptation is not an optional add-on but an essential reckoning on par with other business risks. Existing energy infrastructure, new infrastructure and future planning need to consider emerging climate conditions and impacts on design, construction, operation, and maintenance. Integrated risk-based planning processes will be critical to address the climate change impacts and harmonize actions within and across sectors. Also, awareness, knowledge, and capacity impede mainstreaming of climate adaptation into the energy sector. However, the formal knowledge base is still nascent?information needs are complex and to a certain extent regionally and sector specific. This report provides an up-to-date compendium of what is known about weather variability and projected climate trends and their impacts on energy service provision and demand. It discusses emerging practices and tools for managing these impacts and integrating climate considerations into planning processes and operational practices in an environment of uncertainty. It focuses on energy sector adaptation, rather than mitigation which is not discussed in this report. This report draws largely on available scientific and peer-reviewed literature in the public domain and takes the perspective of the developing world to the extent possible."
Author | : U.S. Global Change Research Program |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2009-08-24 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0521144078 |
Summarizes the science of climate change and impacts on the United States, for the public and policymakers.
Author | : Amy Myers Jaffe |
Publisher | : Council on Foreign Relations Press |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2019-09-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780876097731 |
Climate change affects virtually every aspect of the U.S. energy system. As climatic effects such as rising seas and extreme weather continue to appear across many geographies, U.S. energy infrastructure is increasingly at risk. The U.S. Gulf Coast--which is home to 44 percent of total U.S. oil refining capacity and several major ports--is highly vulnerable to flooding events and dangerous ocean surges during severe storms and hurricanes. The link between water availability and energy and electricity production creates another layer of risk to U.S. energy security. Climate risk could manifest not only in physical damages, but also in financial market failures. Climate change-related challenges could impede energy firms' access to capital markets or private insurance markets. Already, climate-related risks have created severe financial problems at a handful of U.S. energy firms, forcing them to interrupt their sales of energy to consumers in particular locations. Over time, climatic disruptions to domestic energy supply could entail huge economic losses and potentially require sizable domestic military mobilizations. The United States is ill prepared for this national security challenge, and public debate about emergency preparedness is virtually nonexistent. To explore the challenges of climate risk to the U.S. energy system and national security, the Council on Foreign Relations organized a two-day workshop in New York, on March 18 and 19, 2019. The gathering of fifty participants included current and former state and federal government officials and regulators, entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, financial- and corporate-sector leaders, credit agencies, insurers, nongovernmental organizations, and energy policy experts. During their deliberations, workshop participants explored how climate-related risks to U.S. energy infrastructure, financial markets, and national security could be measured, managed, and mitigated. Impact of Climate Risk on the Energy System summarizes the insights from this workshop and includes contributions from seven expert authors delving into related topics.
Author | : J. Chevalier |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2016-04-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1137021187 |
Global warming reveals that world energy consumption is on an unsustainable path. This updated second edition of The New Energy Crisis examines the impact of climate change on energy economics and geopolitics, exploring key issues such as energy poverty, renewable and nuclear energy, and focusing on the implications of the Fukushima crisis.
Author | : Bjorn Lomborg |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2020-07-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1541647483 |
An “essential” (Times UK) and “meticulously researched” (Forbes) book by “the skeptical environmentalist” argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults wonder if it is even ethical to bring new life into the world. Enough, argues bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg. Climate change is real, but it's not the apocalyptic threat that we've been told it is. Projections of Earth's imminent demise are based on bad science and even worse economics. In panic, world leaders have committed to wildly expensive but largely ineffective policies that hamper growth and crowd out more pressing investments in human capital, from immunization to education. False Alarm will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong -- and points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all.