Call number:
PIK N 071-10-0041
;
PIK N 071-11-0280
;
IASS 12.0120
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Part I. The Great Transformation: 1. Transformations of the twenty-first century: transitions to greater sustainability ; 2. Commentary: integrated sustainability and the underlying threat of urbanization ; 3. Commentary: earth system analysis and taking a crude look at the whole ; 4. Making progress within and beyond borders ; 5. Towards a sustainable future ; Part II. Climate Stabilization and Sustainable Development: 6. Scientific understanding of climate change and associated risks - consequences for a global deal ; 7. Towards a global deal on climate change ; 8. Commentary: the German contribution to a global deal ; 9. A 'just' climate agreement: the framework for an effective global deal ; 10. Commentary: carbon justice and forestation - the African perspective ; 11. Carbon offsets, the CDM and sustainable development ; 12. Insights into the climate challenge ; 13. Commentary: climate change - learning from the stratospheric ozone challenge ; 14. Climate change, poverty eradication and sustainable development ; 15. Commentary: development and sustainability: conflicts and congruence ; Part III. Institutional and Economic Incentives: 16. Robust options for decarbonization ; 17. Price and quantity regulation for reducing greenhouse gas emissions ; 18. Commentary: controlling climate change economically ; 19. What is the top priority on climate change? ; 20. Research and technology for sustainability - a global cause ; 21. Commentary: energy research and technology for a transition toward a more sustainable future ; Part IV. Technological Innovation and Energy Security: 22. A world powered predominantly by solar and wind energy ; 23. Low cost 'plastic' solar cells: a dream becoming a reality ; 24. Smart grids, smart loads and energy storage ; 25. The SuperSmart Grid - paving the way for a completely renewable power system ; 26. Getting the carbon out of transportation fuels ; 27. Opportunities for technological transformations and the dawn of a CO2-negative industry: from climate change to climate management? ; Part V. A Global Contract between Science and Society: 28. Promoting science, technology and innovation for sustainability in Africa ; 29. Information flow: the basis for sustainable participation ; 30. Commentary: educating and motivating global society ; 31. Commentary: democracy and participation ; Part VI. The Potsdam Memorandum: 32. Potsdam Memorandum; 33. Commentary: the Potsdam Memorandum: a remarkable outcome of a most important conference
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XXII, 392 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9780521769341
URL:
http://www.nobel-cause.de/book
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
Branch Library:
PIK Library
Branch Library:
RIFS Library
