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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jim Skea , Paul Ekins , Mark WinskelPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Earthscan Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9781849710848ISBN 10: 1849710848 Pages: 408 Publication Date: 21 December 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. UK Energy in an Era of Globalisation: Trends, Technologies and Environmental Impacts 3. UK Energy Policy and Institutions 4. Energy Futures: the Challenges of Decarbonisation and Security of Supply 5. Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy 6. A Resilient Energy System 7. Accelerating New Technologies: the Role of Research and Innovation 8. A Change of Scale? Prospects for Distributed Energy Resources 9. The Way We Live from Now On: Lifestyle and Energy Consumption 10. Not Just Climate Change: other Social and Environmental Perspectives 11. UK Energy in an Uncertain World 12: Putting it All Together: Implications for Policy and ActionReviews'Relevant, reliable, rigorous, robust - this book examines the debate on the prospects for a low carbon, energy secure economy and society from every angle. It points us in the right direction and it gives us grounds for optimism - technologically, economically, politically - that we can indeed make the transition. This is a very significant book indeed - it ought to have a major impact.' Andy Gouldson, Professor of Sustainability Research the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds; Director - ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics & Policy 'The issues tackled in Energy 2050 are crucial for the UK and other countries to address and I welcome this publication as an important contribution to the energy security and climate change debate. The collaborative approach taken by UKERC has brought together researchers from a range of disciplines and with different perspectives to try and answer some of the key energy policy issues facing the UK.' Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director, International Energy Agency 'The authors should be commended in presenting the challenges and opportunities of energy transformations in this very informative and fascinating collaborative book.' Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Deputy Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna University of Technology, and Director, Global Energy Assessment(GEA) 'This book neither offers nor advocates a single pathway to 2050 - by explaining the factors that will shape our future UK energy system and the interaction between them, it invites an informed assessment of our options and should enable better decision making in the face of uncertainty.' Tom Delay, CEO, the Carbon Trust 'After a decade or more of previous studies, this important book now provides the authoritative analysis of pathways to a sustainable energy future for the UK. Using new modelling results to investigate the balance between economic, environmental and security objectives, it makes a strong case for urgent and sustained policy intervention.' Nick Hartley, Senior Advisor, Oxera 'Energy transformations are a major challenge of this century. Energy 2050 addresses this challenge in an interdisciplinary and integrated manner. It outlines transformations in the UK toward decarbonization consistent with stabilizing the global mean temperature to about two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The unique and innovative approach taken in Energy 2050 is to do this in the context of other development goals such as enhanced energy security, lower environmental impacts at all scales or social acceptability of new and advanced energy systems. From this perspective, the transformational change would bring multiple co-benefits that more than justify the costs. The integration is provided by exploratory scenarios that not only detail a multitude of energy-systems developments but also include changes in social attitudes, support for technological innovations and uncertainty about global developments that UK might be experiencing through 2050. It is a very informative companion to the Global Energy Assessment that takes an equivalent approach in identifying major global energy challenges and ways forward in achieving a more sustainable energy future. The authors should be commended in presenting the challenges and opportunities of energy transformations in this very informative and fascinating collaborative book about the ways of achieving a more sustainable and resilient futures.' Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Deputy Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna University of Technology, and Director, Global Energy Assessment(GEA) 'A very significant book indeed - it ought to have a major impact.' Andy Gouldson, University of Leeds, and Director, ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics & Policy 'Relevant, reliable, rigorous, robust - this book examines the debate on the prospects for a low carbon, energy secure economy and society from every angle. It points us in the right direction and it gives us grounds for optimism - technologically, economically, politically - that we can indeed make the transition. This is a very significant book indeed - it ought to have a major impact.' Andy Gouldson, Professor of Sustainability Research the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds and Director, ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics & Policy 'The issues tackled in Energy 2050 are crucial for the UK and other countries to address and I welcome this publication as an important contribution to the energy security and climate change debate. The collaborative approach taken by UKERC has brought together researchers from a range of disciplines and with different perspectives to try and answer some of the key energy policy issues facing the UK.' Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director, International Energy Agency 'The authors should be commended in presenting the challenges and opportunities of energy transformations in this very informative and fascinating collaborative book.' Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Deputy Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna University of Technology, and Director, Global Energy Assessment (GEA) 'This book neither offers nor advocates a single pathway to 2050 - by explaining the factors that will shape our future UK energy system and the interaction between them, it invites an informed assessment of our options and should enable better decision making in the face of uncertainty.' Tom Delay, CEO, the Carbon Trust 'After a decade or more of previous studies, this important book now provides the authoritative analysis of pathways to a sustainable energy future for the UK. Using new modelling results to investigate the balance between economic, environmental and security objectives, it makes a strong case for urgent and sustained policy intervention.' Nick Hartley, Senior Advisor, Oxera Author InformationJim Skea is Professor of Sustainable Energy at Imperial College London and Research Director of the Energy Research Centre. His research interests are in energy, climate change and technological innovation. Jim is a founding member of the UK's Committee on Climate Change and a Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III (climate change mitigation). Paul Ekins has a PhD in economics from the University of London and is a Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, heading its Energy Systems theme. He is Professor of Energy and Environment Policy at the UCL Energy Institute, University College London. His academic work focuses on the conditions and policies for achieving an environmentally sustainable economy, with a special focus on energy technologies and policy, innovation, the role of economic instruments, sustainability assessment and environment and trade. Mark Winskel is Research Co-ordinator of the UK Energy Research Centre, and Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh. He has held a number of research grant awards on innovation in energy systems. He has an interdisciplinary education across the natural, environmental and social sciences, and his PhD addressed technological change in the UK power supply sector. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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