Deborah Gordon

No Standard Oil

Managing Abundant Petroleum in a Warming World

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Produktbeschreibung

In No Standard Oil, environmental policy expert Deborah Gordon examines the widely varying climate impacts of global oils and gases, and proposes solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in this sector while making sustainable progress in transitioning to a carbon-free energy future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 166mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780190069476
• ISBN-10: 0190069473
• Artikelnr.: 62232542

Autorenporträt

Deborah Gordon is a senior principal in the Climate Intelligence Program at RMI where she leads the Oil and Gas Solutions Initiative. Gordon also serves as a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and the principal investigator for the Oil Climate Project. Her research has spearheaded the development of the Oil Climate Index Plus Gas (OCI+), a first-of-its-kind analytic tool that compares the lifecycle climate impacts of global oil and gas resources.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Jessica T. Mathews
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction - The Unexpected Pitfalls of Contending With Oil and Gas
Part I: The Problem
Chapter 1 - Beyond Peak Oil and Gas
Chapter 2 - The Overlooked Perils of Heterogeneous Oil and Gas
Chapter 3 - A Better Way to Measure Climate Footprints
Chapter 4 - Curbing the Climate Footprints of Oil and Gas
Part II: The Players
Chapter 5 - Industry: Turning the Titanic
Chapter 6 - Governments: Acting in the Public Interest
Chapter 7 - Civil Society: Driving Change
Part III: The Pathways
Chapter 8 - Moving Forward: Oil and Gas Climate Solutions