David Toke

China's Role in Reducing Carbon Emissions

The Stabilisation of Energy Consumption and the Deployment of Renewable Energy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses the prospects for China achieving radical reductions in carbon emissions, within the context of the current economic and political landscape. The book concludes that China may be set to reduce its carbon emissions by around two-thirds by 2050.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780367030445
• ISBN-10: 0367030446
• Artikelnr.: 56925226

Autorenporträt

David Toke is Reader in Energy Politics at the University of Aberdeen's Department of Politics and International Relations. He is Co-ordinator of the MSc Programme in Energy Politics and Law.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. An ecological modernisation theory for China and Carbon Reduction
3. Curbing the concrete
4. Carbon emissions and energy consumption
5. Pollution - From Protest to good governance?
6. Fuel switching to cut carbon
7. Conclusion