Global Trends and Patterns in Carbon Mitigation
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740304657
Table of contents: title: Content; title: Preface; title: 1. Introduction; title: 1.1. The seminal application of physics to global warming: Arrhenius 1896; title: 1.2. Some concepts from Arrhenius’ treatise; title: 1.3. Enter Kyoto; title: 1.4. References; title: 2. The United Kingdom; title: 2.1. Preamble; title: 2.2. Electricity production in 2010; title: 2.3. Transport; title: 2.4. Household energy; title: 2.5. Carbon dioxide sequestration; title: 2.6. Tree planting; title: 2.7. References; title: 3. Other European Union countries; title: 3.1. Introduction; title: 3.2. France; title: 3.3. The Netherlands; title: 3.4. Germany; title: 3.5. Belgium; title: 3.6. Spain; title: 3.7. Portugal; title: 3.8. Newer members of the EU; title: 3.9. Concluding remarks; title: 3.10. References; title: 4. China; title: 4.1. Introduction; title: 4.2. Beijing; title: 4.3. Regional China; title: 4.4. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR); title: 4.5. Concluding remarks; title: 4.6. References; title: 5. North America; title: 5.1. Introduction; title: 5.2. Selected locations in the USA examined for carbon dioxide emissions and mitigation; title: 5.3. CCS in the USA; title: 5.4. Tree planting in the US; title: 5.5. The situation in Canada; title: 5.6. Concluding remarks; title: 5.7. References; title: 6. The Far East; title: 6.1. Introduction; title: 6.2. Carbon dioxide emissions; title: 6.3. Further remarks; title: 6.4. References; title: 7. The OPEC Countries; title: 7.1. Introduction; title: 7.2. Member countries and their CO2 emissions; title: 7.3. Further considerations; title: 7.4. Concluding remarks; title: 7.5. References; title: 8. The Indian subcontinent; title: 8.1. Preamble; title: 8.2. Some relevant details on India; title: 8.3. Pakistan; title: 8.4. Bangladesh; title: 8.5. Sri Lanka; title: 8.6. Conclusion; title: 8.7. References; title: 9. Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific; title: 9.1. Introduction; title: 9.2. The current milieu in Australia; title: 9.3. The current milieu in New Zealand; title: 9.4. PNG; title: 9.5. The Pacific Islands; title: 9.6. Concluding remarks; title: 9.7. References; title: 10. South America; title: 10.1. Introduction; title: 10.2. Miscellaneous South American countries; title: 10.3. Further remarks; title: 10.4. References; title: 11. The Former Soviet Union; title: 11.1. Introduction; title: 11.2. Russia; title: 11.3. Ukraine; title: 11.4. Kazakhstan; title: 11.5. The Baltic states; title: 11.6. Selected further Former Soviet Union countries; title: 11.7. Concluding remarks; title: 11.8. References; title: 12. Some selected African countries; title: 12.1. Introduction; title: 12.2. South Africa; title: 12.3. Lesotho; title: 12.4. Botswana; title: 12.5. Cameroon; title: 12.6. Kenya; title: 12.7. Madagascar; title: 12.8. Mauritius; title: 12.9. Other selected African nations; title: 12.10. Concluding remarks; title: 12.11. References; title: 13. Large cities across the world; title: 13.1. Introduction and selection of cities; title: 13.2. Concluding remarks; title: 13.3. References; title: 14. Isolated and/or sparsely populated regions of the world; title: 14.1. Introduction; title: 14.2. Selected regions; title: 14.3. Concluding remarks; title: 14.4. References; title: 15. Endnotes