Description
Book Synopsis
Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our times and in order to tackle this carbon emissions need to be mitigated. China and India have recently become some of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters. Transitions to low carbon energy, for reducing emissions that lead to climate change, are therefore an urgent priority for China and India and at a global level.
This is the first book focusing on low carbon energy transitions for emerging economies such as China and India, assessing the opportunities and barriers for transitions to renewable and low carbon energy as climate change mitigation options. It uses energy modelling to assess the China's power sector, the economy of Beijing and rural Indian households that do not have access to electricity. The research evaluates the environmental, technical, socio-economic and policy implications of these low carbon transitions, concluding that they are possible in China and India and they can considerably cont
Table of Contents
1. General Introduction 2. Modelling Energy and Development: an evaluation of models and concepts 3. Modelling Energy Systems for Developing Countries 4. Renewable and Low Carbon Energy as Mitigation Options of Climate Change for China's Power Sector 5. Scenarios for Renewable Energy Transitions in Beijing 6. Energy for Rural India 7. Conclusions
