Beyond the Coal Rush: A Turning Point for Global Energy and Climate Policy?
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- Synopsis
- Climate change makes fossil fuels unburnable, yet global coal production has almost doubled over the last 20 years. This book explores how the world can stop mining coal - the most prolific source of greenhouse gas emissions. It documents efforts at halting coal production, focusing specifically on how campaigners are trying to stop coal mining in India, Germany, and Australia. Through in-depth comparative ethnography, it shows how local people are fighting to save their homes, livelihoods, and environments, creating new constituencies and alliances for the transition from fossil fuels. The book relates these struggles to conflicts between global climate policy and the national coal-industrial complex. With coal's meaning transformed from an important asset to a threat, and the coal industry declining, it charts reasons for continuing coal dependence, and how this can be overcome. It will provide a source of inspiration for energy transition for researchers in environment, sustainability, and politics, as well as policymakers.
- Copyright:
- 2020
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781108846172
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781108479820, 9781108479820
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 11/10/20
- Copyrighted By:
- James Goodman, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Linda Connor, Devleena Ghosh, Kanchi Kohli, Jonathan Paul Marshall, Manju Menon, Katja Mueller, Tom Morton, Rebecca Pearse, Ortwin Renn and Stuart Rosewarne
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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