To help alleviate the crisis of confidence in Britain’s liberalised energy market, Knowledge is power sets out a number of options to improve transparency for consumers and the market. As we enter an age of increasingly expensive energy, better consumer information is essential if we are to secure public support to meet the challenges of security ...
The report, Water, Energy and Climate Change: A contribution from the business community, says water, energy and climate change are inextricably linked. It provides business messages, facts, and lists five important policy recommendations from business to climate negotiators and policy-makers. It also includes 25 case studies showing how business ...
This report presents the financial perspective, or ‘dollar view’, of the current state of play in sustainable energy development. The analysis in this report consists of actual data on the different types of capital fl ows and their movement over time, combined with analysis of regional and sectoral trends. This information is intended ...
To commemorate its first 50 years, the International Atomic Energy Agency has issued a photographic history of the organization and its work. This limited edition, large format book details the Agency’s past and present. Key events including President Eisenhower’s ‘Atoms for Peace’ speech, the establishment of safeguards regimes, the international ...
One of the countries certain to have a significant influence on future developments worldwide is China. This is especially true for the global energy situation. For the last few years, the west has no longer been in a position to dictate developments in the energy sector; one of the most vital areas for economic growth and political stability. ...
This is the only directory of its kind and is the most up-to-date and comprehensive facility database of over 7,400 waste processing and disposal facilities across the US. Comprehensive industry data at your fingertipsThe Directory & Atlas of Non-Hazardous Waste Sites is a powerful research and analysis tool that provides you with up-to-date ...
In Investing in a Low-Carbon Energy Future in the Developing World the WBCSD calls for facilitated investment to secure a low-carbon energy future for the developing world. It notes that a number of new, cleaner technologies already exist or are close to ...
What does it take to put the global energy system on a sustainable path? And how long will it take for the transition to be completed? This report gives some pointers to answer these ...
A low-carbon economy is the economy of the future. Scientific evidence and economic analysis confirm the need for rapid, radical changes in the global energy system – an enormous challenge. The stakes are high. There is a pressing need for action and for solutions in the developed and developing world ...
A special trilogy-package from WBCSD.1) Energy & Climate: Facts and Trends to 2050. 1) Energy & Climate: Facts and Trends to 2050, http://www.earthprint.com/Product.aspx?n=WBCSD00872) Pathways to 2050: Energy and climate change, http://www.earthprint.com/Product.aspx?n=WBCSD01053) Policy Directions to 2050: A business contribution to the ...
This Safety Requirements publication is concerned with providing protection to people and the environment from the hazards associated with waste management activities related to disposal, i.e. hazards that could arise during the operating period and following closure. It sets out the protection objectives and criteria for geological disposal and ...
Planet in Peril: An Atlas of Current Threats to People and the Environment offers a holistic and well-researched analysis of today’s global issues and their impact on human population and the environment.Written by an international team of specialists, this Atlas illustrates through text and beautifully rendered maps, graphics and diagrams ...
Describing the current status of mining practice in the Americas, Asia and Europe, Sustainable Mining Practices: A Global Perpective provides a definition of sustainable mining, and generally describes the international sustainable mining practices since 1992. It focuses on such issues as the large volume of waste generated during mining, mine ...
Pathways to 2050 - Energy & climate change builds on the WBCSD’s 2004 Facts and Trends to 2050: Energy and climate change publication, providing a more detailed overview of potential pathways to reducing CO2 emissions. The pathways shown illustrate the scale and complexity of the change needed, as well as the progress that has to be made through ...
Translating fundamental principles of irreversible thermodynamics into day-to-day engineering concepts, this reference provides the tools to accurately measure process efficiency and sustainability in the power and chemical industries-helping engineers to recognize why losses occur and how they can be reduced utilizing familiar thermodynamic ...
This work contains a collection of selected, peer-reviewed and state-of-the-art papers that were presented at the First Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment systems that was held in June 15-20, 2003 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. This conference was focused on: discussion of sustainability concepts of energy, ...