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Solving climate change : a guide for learners and leaders
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Title
Solving climate change : a guide for learners and leaders / Jonathan Koomey, Ian Monroe.
ISBN
9780750340328
9780750340311
9780750340304
9780750340335
Publication
Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.
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Biographical / Historical Note
Jonathan Koomey studies the economics of solving climate change and the environmental effects of information technology. Ian Monroe has taught at Stanford University for over a decade and worked on climate challenges in over 30 countries.
Summary
This book frames the climate problem in a comprehensive way and cuts through common conceptual confusions that impede rapid action.
Variant and related titles
IOP ebooks.
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Also available in print.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 19, 2023
Series
[IOP release $release]
IOP ebooks. [2022 collection]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Audience
Advanced undergraduates and early-stage graduate students taking classes focused on climate solutions. Scientists, corporate leaders, investors, philanthropists and policymakers who want to learn how to assess climate solutions from two experts on this topic.
Contents
1. Introduction to the climate problem (short form)
1.1. Introduction
1.2. It's warming
1.3. It's us
1.4. We're sure
1.5. It's bad
1.6. We can fix it (but we'd better hurry)
1.7. Chapter conclusions
2. Introduction to climate solutions
2.1. Chapter introduction
2.2. Treat climate like the moral issue it is
2.3. Climate change as an adaptive challenge
2.4. Building new fossil infrastructure makes solving the problem harder
2.5. Speeding up the energy transition
2.6. The false choice between innovation and immediate, rapid emissions reductions
2.7. The folly of delay
2.8. Learning by doing only happens if we do!
2.9. How fast should we reduce emissions?
2.10. What we must do
2.11. Visualizing successful climate action
2.12. We have to do it all
2.13. Who's responsible?
2.14. Chapter conclusions
3. Tools of the trade
3.1. Beginning the journey
3.2. Rethinking the design process
3.3. Understanding capital stocks
3.4. Understanding key drivers of emissions
3.5. Creating structured scenario comparisons
3.6. More detailed breakdowns of savings from key options
3.7. A useful way to summarize total emission savings
3.8. Understanding technology cost curves
3.9. Scenario simulation tools
3.10. Life-cycle assessment
3.11. Understanding energy systems
3.12. Following good analytical practice
3.13. Chapter conclusions
4. Electrify (almost) everything
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Creating or adopting a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario
4.3. Analyzing electrification for a climate-positive scenario
4.4. Data sources
4.5. Assessing increases in electricity demand
4.6. What activities can't be easily electrified now?
4.7. A different type of electrification
4.8. Chapter conclusions
5. Decarbonize electricity
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Bringing the future into focus
5.3. What about system reliability?
5.4. What about 100% renewables?
5.5. Creating or adopting a business-as-usual scenario
5.6. Creating the climate-positive scenario
5.7. Data sources
5.8. Chapter conclusions
6. Minimize non-fossil warming agents
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Sources of non-fossil emissions
6.3. Summary of non-fossil emissions by major category
6.4. Creating or adopting a business-as-usual scenario
6.5. Creating the climate-positive scenario
6.6. Data sources
6.7. Chapter conclusions
7. Efficiency and optimization
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Creating or adopting a business-as-usual scenario
7.3. Creating the climate-positive scenario
7.4. Chapter conclusions
8. Remove carbon
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Understanding carbon removal
8.3. Carbon removal is not a silver bullet
8.4. Carbon capture and storage is not the same as carbon removal
8.5. Carbon removal options
8.6. Potentials and costs for carbon removal
8.7. Creating or adopting a BAU scenario
8.8. Creating the climate-positive scenario
8.9. Chapter conclusions
9. Align incentives
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Making it easy
9.3. Changing the game
9.4. Fixing the rules
9.5. Building your scenarios
9.6. Chapter conclusions
10. Mobilize money
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Context
10.3. Price pollution
10.4. Subsidize investments and innovation
10.5. Redirect capital
10.6. Building your scenarios
10.7. Chapter conclusions
11. Elevate truth
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Public understanding about climate lags the science
11.3. What we must do
11.4. Chapter conclusions
12. Bringing it all together
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Telling a good story
12.3. The end of the journey
12.4. Big models or simpler spreadsheets?
12.5. Solving climate is a team sport
12.6. Cross-cutting issues
12.7. Focus on what matters most
12.8. Key pieces of the puzzle
12.9. Chapter conclusions : creating a climate-positive world
13. Our climate-positive future
Appendix A. Introduction to the climate problem (long form)
Appendix B. Modeling capital stock growth and turnover
Appendix C. How we know that much existing fossil capital will need to retire
Appendix D. Expanded Kaya decomposition
Appendix E. Proper treatment of primary energy
Appendix F. Estimated annual revenues from fossil fuel companies and tobacco companies in 2019
Appendix G. The effect of carbon prices on existing coal-fired electricity generation and retail gasoline prices.
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