Title Environment, energy, and economy : strategies for sustainability / edited by Yoichi Kaya and Keiichi Yokobori

Published Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (x, 381 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction / Yoichi Kaya and Keiichi Yokobori -- Past issues and new problems : a plea for action / G.M. Sfligiotti -- Policy measures for global environmental problems : a Japanese perspective / S. Okamatsu -- Environment, economy, energy, and sustainable development / Y. Kaya -- Climate changes due to the increase in greenhouse gases as predicted by climate models / T. Tokioka -- Deforestation and desertification in developing countries / R.K. Pachauri and R.S. Kanetkar -- Modelling economically efficient abatement of greenhouse gases / W.R. Cline -- Macroeconomic costs and other side-effects of reducing CO2 emissions / A. Amano -- The effects of CO2 reduction policies on energy markets / J.P. Ferriter -- The role of technology in energy/economy interactions : a view from Japan / C. Watanabe -- Global warming and renewable energy : potential and policy approaches / T.B. Johansson -- Energy efficiency : new approaches to technology transfer / W.U. Chandler and M.R. Ledbetter -- Decarbonization as a long-term energy strategy / N. Nakičenovič -- The crisis of rural energy in developing countries / K. Takase -- The developing world : the new energy consumer / A.A. Churchill -- The role of rural energy / J. Yang -- Leapfrogging strategies for developing countries / J. Goldemberg -- A development-focused approach to the environmental problems of developing countries / A.K.N. Reddy -- Economic development, energy, and the environment in the People's Republic of China / F.Zhou Notes "This document represents the proceedings of the Tokyo Conference on 'Global Environment, Energy, and Economic Development' held at the United Nations University Headquarters in Tokyo, 25-27 October 1993"--Preface Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Sustainable development -- Congresses Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses Environmental policy -- Congresses TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Energy. SCIENCE -- Energy. Economic development -- Environmental aspects Environmental policy Sustainable development Duurzame ontwikkeling. Economische ontwikkeling. Milieubeleid. Energiebeleid. Economic History. Business & Economics. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Kaya, Yōichi, 1934- Yokobori, Keiichi, 1940- Tokyo Conference on "Global Environment, Energy, and Economic Development" (1993 : Tokyo, Japan) LC no. 97021167 ISBN 0585229961 9780585229966

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