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The Carbon Crunch Dieter Helm

The Carbon Crunch By Dieter Helm

The Carbon Crunch by Dieter Helm


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Summary

Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise. This book looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a pragmatic rethinking of energy policy - from transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to electrification of transport.

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The Carbon Crunch: How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong - and How to Fix it by Dieter Helm

Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise. Coal, the most damaging of all fossil fuels, has actually risen from 25 per cent to almost 30 per cent of world energy use. And while European countries have congratulated themselves on reducing emissions, they have increased their carbon imports from China and other developing nations, who continue to expand their coal use. As standards of living increase in developing countries, coal use can only increase as well - and global temperatures along with it. In this hard-hitting book, Dieter Helm looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a new, pragmatic rethinking of energy policy - from transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to electrification of transport, to carbon pricing and a focus on new technologies. Lucid, compelling and rigorously researched, this book will have a lasting impact on how we think about climate change.

About Dieter Helm

Dieter Helm CBE is professor of energy policy, University of Oxford and Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford. He is a member of the Economic Advisory Committee to the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and Chair of the Natural Capital Committee.

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GOR006576011
9780300186598
0300186592
The Carbon Crunch: How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong - and How to Fix it by Dieter Helm
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Yale University Press
20121113
304
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