| Empowering the Great Energy Transition: Policy for a Low-Carbon Future Contributor(s): Sovacool, Benjamin (Author), Brown, Marilyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231185960 ISBN-13: 9780231185967 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Global Warming & Climate Change - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy - Political Science | Public Policy - Science & Technology Policy |
| Dewey: 333.790 |
| LCCN: 2019007061 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At a time when climate-change deniers hold the reins of power in the United States and international greenhouse gas negotiations continue at a slow crawl, what options are available to cities, companies, and consumers around the world who seek a cleaner future? Scott Victor Valentine, Marilyn A. Brown, and Benjamin K. Sovacool explore developments and strategies that will help fast-track the transition to renewable energy. They provide an expert analysis of the achievable steps that citizens, organizational leaders, and policy makers can take to put their commitments to sustainability into practice. Empowering the Great Energy Transition examines trends that suggest a transition away from carbon-intensive energy sources is inevitable--there are too many forces for change at work to stop a shift to clean energy. Yet under the status quo, change will be too slow to avert the worst consequences of climate change. Humanity is on a path to incur avoidable social, environmental, and economic costs. Valentine, Brown, and Sovacool argue that new policies and business models are needed to surmount the hurdles separating the current consumption model from a sustainable energy future. Empowering the Great Energy Transition shows that with well-placed efforts, we can set humanity on a course that supports entrepreneurs and communities in mitigating the environmental harm caused by technologies whose time has come and gone. |
Contributor Bio(s): Valentine, Scott: - "Scott Valentine is an Associate Professor of Environmental Policy at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He previously served as founding Associate Director of the International Masters of Public Policy Program at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo. Valentine's recent publications include Wind Power Politics and Policy (Oxford University Press, 2014), and The National Politics of Nuclear Power (Routledge, 2012 - co-authored with Benjamin Sovacool)."Sovacool, Benjamin: - "Benjamin Sovacool is a Professor of Energy Policy at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the School of Business, Management, and Economics, at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, where he is also the Director of the Center on Innovation and Energy Demand. He is the author of The Political Economy of Climate Change Adaptation (Palgrave, 2015), Energy Poverty (Oxford University Press, 2015), Global Energy Justice (Cambridge, 2014), The National Politics of Nuclear Power (Routledge, 2012 - co-authored with Scott Valentine), and Climate Change and Global Energy Security (MIT Press, 2011)."Brown, Marilyn: - Marilyn Brown is a Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. Previously, she held an appointment at the U.S Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and is serving her second term as a Presidential appointee to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority and on the DOE's Electricity Advisory Committee. She is the author of Green Savings: How Policies and Markets Drive Energy Efficiency (Praeger, 2015), and Climate Change and Global Energy Security (MIT Press, 2011). |