The Challenge of Climate Change by Perlmutter, Daniel P. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title page Copyright Dedication Preface Acknowledgement 1: In the Beginning

1.1 The Viewpoint Taken 1.2 What is Your Problem? 1.3 The Challenges We Face Notes and References

2: A View of Geopolitics

2.1 Are There Limits to Growth? 2.2 Public Goods and Public “Bads” 2.3 Policymaking and Negotiations

3: Surveying the Field

3.1 A History of Change 3.2 Measuring Energy 3.3 Supply: Where Do We Get It? 3.4 Demand: How Do We Use It? 3.5 Will We Run Out of Oil? Or Gas? 3.6 Forms of Energy Notes and References

4: Global Warming

4.1 Temperature of the Planet 4.2 Greenhouse Gases 4.3 Is Global Warming Our Fault? 4.4 The RF Index 4.5 Air Pollution Revisited 4.6 Immediate or Short-Term Remedies 4.7 Limits to Growth and the Commons Revisited 4.8 Sequestration

5: Renewable Energy

5.1 Hydroelectric Power 5.2 Biofuels 5.3 Wind Power 5.4 Power from Tides and Waves 5.5 Direct Use of Solar Energy 5.6 Nuclear Energy 5.7 Geothermal Energy 5.8 Indirect Emissions and Hidden Costs Notes and References

6: Energy Storage

6.1 Batteries and Fuel Cells 6.2 Syngas and Liquid Fuels 6.3 Hydrogen Gas 6.4 Pumped Water or Compressed Air 6.5 Hot Water or Molten Salt 6.6 Flywheels Notes and References

7: The Negotiating Process

7.1 A Period of Transition 7.2 Our Worst Fears 7.3 Guidance from a Theory of Bargaining 7.4 Useful Lessons from the Past 7.5 What Should a Treaty Accomplish? 7.6 Where We are Heading

8: From Theory to Practice

8.1 Different Regimes and Perspectives 8.2 Improving the Prospects 8.3 The Debate on Venues 8.4 Bargaining Strategies: Domestic and International 8.5 Big Bang or Accelerated Incrementalism? 8.6 Choices in the Context of Risk

9: Where Do We Go from Here?

9.1 Is the Feasible Insufficient? 9.2 Fiscal Measures 9.3 A Complicated Question 9.4 An Overall Assessment 9.5 Choices and Priorities 9.6 Caveats 9.7 A To-Do List Notes and References

10: A List of Priorities

10.1 Short-Term Gains: Less than 10 Years 10.2 Medium-Term Improvements: 10–20 Years 10.3 Long-Term Solutions: More than 20 Years 10.4 Plan A and Plan B, Simultaneously Notes and References

11: Prospects After Copenhagen

11.1 Costly Failure or Small Success? 11.2 Reframing the Debate 11.3 The Good News and the Bad News 11.4 The China Problem 11.5 Third World Dilemmas 11.6 Polarized Politics

Index