Environment, energy, and economy : strategies for sustainability

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Environment, energy, and economy : strategies for sustainability

edited by Yoichi Kaya and Keiichi Yokobori

United Nations University Press, c1997

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"This document represents the proceedings of the Tokyo Conference on 'Global Environment, Energy, and Economic Development' held at the United Nations University Headquarters in Tokyo, 25-27 October 1993"--Preface

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Introduction / Yoichi Kaya and Keiichi Yokobori
  • Past issues and new problems : a plea for action / G.M. Sfligiotti
  • Policy measures for global environmental problems : a Japanese perspective / S. Okamatsu
  • Environment, economy, energy, and sustainable development / Y. Kaya
  • Climate changes due to the increase in greenhouse gases as predicted by climate models / T. Tokioka
  • Deforestation and desertification in developing countries / R.K. Pachauri and R.S. Kanetkar
  • Modelling economically efficient abatement of greenhouse gases / W.R. Cline
  • Macroeconomic costs and other side-effects of reducing CO2 emissions / A. Amano
  • The effects of CO2 reduction policies on energy markets / J.P. Ferriter
  • The role of technology in energy/economy interactions : a view from Japan / C. Watanabe
  • Global warming and renewable energy : potential and policy approaches / T.B. Johansson
  • Energy efficiency : new approaches to technology transfer / W.U. Chandler and M.R. Ledbetter
  • Decarbonization as a long-term energy strategy / N. Nakičenovič
  • The crisis of rural energy in developing countries / K. Takase
  • The developing world : the new energy consumer / A.A. Churchill
  • The role of rural energy / J. Yang
  • Leapfrogging strategies for developing countries / J. Goldemberg
  • A development-focused approach to the environmental problems of developing countries / A.K.N. Reddy
  • Economic development, energy, and the environment in the People's Republic of China / F.Zhou

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This work discusses short- and long-term measures for the economy, and the directions of development in developing as well as industrialized countries. It looks at various aspects of the interrelationship among the environment, energy requirements and economic development.

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