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1 online resource (353 pages) |
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The Earthscan Science in Society Series |
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Earthscan Science in Society Series
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| Contents |
Cover; THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE: Understanding CCS Representations, Governance and Innovation; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; BOXES; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; 1INTRODUCTION; 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO KEY DEVELOPMENTS AND CONCEPTS IN CCS: History, technology, economics and law; PART IPerceptions andrepresentations; 3 INTRODUCTION TO PART I: Perceptions and representations; 4PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ANDENGAGEMENT WITH CCS; 5 COLONIZING THE FUTURE: The case of CCS |
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6 BEYOND 'FOR OR AGAINST': Environmental NGO-evaluations of CCS as a climate change solutionPART IIGovernance; 7 INTRODUCTION TO PART II: Governance; 8THE EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL CCSCOMMUNITY; 9 UP AND DOWN WITH CCS: The issue-attention cycle and the political dynamics of decarbonisation; 10 TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT IN THE FACE OF SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY: A case study of the CCS Test Centre Mongstad; PART IIIInnovation; 11INTRODUCTION TO PART IIIInnovation; 12 CCS: A disruptive technology for innovation theory; 13 LEARNING IN CCS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS: Social and political dimensions |
| Summary |
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has emerged rapidly as a crucial technological option for decarbonising electricity supply and mitigating climate change. Great hopes are being pinned on this new technology but it is also facing growing scepticism and criticism. This book is the first to bring together the full range of social and policy issues surrounding CCS shedding new light on this potentially vital technology and its future. The book covers many crucial topics including the roles and positions that different publics, NGOs, industry, political parties and media are taking up; the way |
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14conclusionsreferences; index |
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Print version record |
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Geological carbon sequestration -- Social aspects
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Carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects
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Carbon dioxide mitigation -- Social aspects
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Air quality management -- Social aspects
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects
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Environmental policy -- Social aspects
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Carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects
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Environmental policy -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shackley, Simon
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Evar, Benjamin
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| ISBN |
9780203118726 |
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0203118723 |
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