Climate change and energy : Japanese perspectives on climate change mitigation strategy
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Climate change and energy : Japanese perspectives on climate change mitigation strategy
(ICP series on climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation, v. 4)
Imperial College Press, c2015
- : hbk
Available at 12 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Within the contexts of the global warming crisis facing the world, climate change mitigation strategies must be developed with a deep understanding of the science behind the impact of climate change and adaptations that must be made. This book discusses the mitigation strategy of climate change from the perspective of Japan and adopts a comprehensive view on climate change science, taking into consideration the recent international discussions on the subject, including those of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Furthermore, this book discusses energy and environment strategies in Japan, particularly after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power accident, underpinning Japan's historical lack of natural resource and the resulting difficulties it faces in keeping up with the demand for energy. Finally, this book provides the quantitative model to assess scenarios for climate mitigation and their associated costs and economic impacts for the formulation of a national strategy for an effective and sustainable set of climate change mitigation measures.
Table of Contents
- Overview: Basic Strategy For Mitigating Climate Change: Brief History of the Reaction of Mankind to Climate Change
- Causes and Impacts of Climate Change
- The 2-Degree Target
- Characteristics of Energy and Measures for Reducing CO2 Emission
- Discussion on Attainability of the 2-Degree Target
- Proposal of a New Target: The 2.5-Degree Target
- Japan's Energy and Environmental Policy: Brief History of Japan's Energy and Environmental Policy
- Reconstruction of Energy and Environmental Policy after Fukushima
- Managing the Nuclear Risk
- The Future of Renewable Energy
- Frontiers of Energy and Environmental Policy in Japan
- Model Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation Strategy: Introduction to Model Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation Strategy
- Assessment of Sustainable Development Scenarios
- Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation Measures
- Assessment of Japanese Energy and Environmental Strategy
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