Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals - Global and Regional 100% Renewable Energy Scenarios with Non-energy GHG Pathways for +1.5°C and +2°C

This open access book presents detailed pathways to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050, globally and across ten geographical regions. Based on state-of-the-art scenario modelling, it provides the vital missing link between renewable energy targets and the measures needed to achieve them. Bringing together the latest research in climate science, renewable energy technology, employment and resource impacts, the book breaks new ground by covering all the elements essential to achieving the ambitious climate mitigation targets set out in the Paris Climate Agreement. For example, sectoral implementation pathways, with special emphasis on differences between developed and developing countries and regional conditions, provide tools to implement the scenarios globally and domestically. Non-energy greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios define a sustainable pathway for land-use change and the agricultural sector. Furthermore, results of the impact of the scenarios on employment and mineral and resource requirements provide vital insight on economic and resource management implications. 
The book clearly demonstrates that the goals of the Paris Agreement are achievable and feasible with current technology and are beneficial in economic and employment terms. It is essential reading for anyone with responsibility for implementing renewable energy or climate targets internationally or domestically, including climate policy negotiators, policy-makers at all levels of government, businesses with renewable energy commitments, researchers and the renewable energy industry.

Part 2 of this title can be found at this Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-99177-7

List of contents

Chapter 1: The scientific status quo of climate change.- Chapter 2: Development of energy markets - past, present and future perspectives.- Chapter 3: 100% renewable energy - the concept.- Chapter 4: Modelling approaches.- Chapter 5: Energy transition - main assumptions (working title).- Chapter 6: Global Transport - transition concepts .- Chapter 7:Energy Scenario results.- Chapter 8: Non-energy GHG mitigation scenarios.- Chapter 9: Linking Energy Transition and Climate change mitigation.- Chapter 10: Employment projections .- Chapter 11: Requirement of minerals and metals for 100% RE scenarios.- Chapter 12: Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations.

About the author

Dr Sven Teske is a Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures.  Dr Teske has 25 years’ experience in technical analysis of renewable energy systems and market integration concepts. He has published over 50 special reports in renewable across the world, including the global 100% renewable energy scenario “Energy [R]evolution”, a grid analysis for the Chinese province Jiangsu in cooperation with the China State Grid Company and a 100% renewable energy pathway for Australia. Dr Teske was a lead author for the IPCC Special Report Renewables (Chapter 10: Scenario analysis), which was published in 2011.  Sven also has practical experience in small-scale utility development.  He originally developed the concept for a green utility and founded in 1999 the “Greenpeace energy eG”– Germany’s first cooperative in the power sector. Sven has a PhD economics from the University of Flensburg in Germany; he focused for his thesis on Integration of high penetrations of solar photovoltaic and wind into power systems.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
•             Decentralized energy and renewable energy system analysis
•             Power grid integration for decentralized energy systems and smart grids

•             Modelling, economics, planning and policy for delivering distributed energy

•             Energy policy and regulations for electricity markets
•             International renewable market development
•             Electrification concepts for least developed countries
•             100% renewable energy pathways for CVF countries

Summary

This open access book presents detailed pathways to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050, globally and across ten geographical regions. Based on state-of-the-art scenario modelling, it provides the vital missing link between renewable energy targets and the measures needed to achieve them. Bringing together the latest research in climate science, renewable energy technology, employment and resource impacts, the book breaks new ground by covering all the elements essential to achieving the ambitious climate mitigation targets set out in the Paris Climate Agreement. For example, sectoral implementation pathways, with special emphasis on differences between developed and developing countries and regional conditions, provide tools to implement the scenarios globally and domestically. Non-energy greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios define a sustainable pathway for land-use change and the agricultural sector. Furthermore, results of the impact of the scenarios on employment and mineral and resource requirements provide vital insight on economic and resource management implications. 
The book clearly demonstrates that the goals of the Paris Agreement are achievable and feasible with current technology and are beneficial in economic and employment terms. It is essential reading for anyone with responsibility for implementing renewable energy or climate targets internationally or domestically, including climate policy negotiators, policy-makers at all levels of government, businesses with renewable energy commitments, researchers and the renewable energy industry.

Part 2 of this title can be found at this Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-99177-7

Additional text

“Based on state-of-the-art scenario modelling, the book provides the vital missing link between renewable energy targets and the measures needed to achieve them. Its robustly modelled scenarios indicate how to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050, globally and across ten geographical regions. … The book is an essential read for anyone who is responsible for implementing renewable energy or climate targets internationally or domestically, including climate policy negotiators, policy-makers at all levels of government, businesses … .” (eurekalert.org, February, 5, 2019)

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"Based on state-of-the-art scenario modelling, the book provides the vital missing link between renewable energy targets and the measures needed to achieve them. Its robustly modelled scenarios indicate how to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050, globally and across ten geographical regions. ... The book is an essential read for anyone who is responsible for implementing renewable energy or climate targets internationally or domestically, including climate policy negotiators, policy-makers at all levels of government, businesses ... ." (eurekalert.org, February, 5, 2019)

Product details

• Authors: Sven Teske
• Assisted by: Sve Teske (Editor), Sven Teske (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783030058425
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3005842-5
• No. of pages: 491
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 1065 g
• Illustrations: LIX, 491 p. 210 illus., 182 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; B, Sustainability, Climate Change, ENERGY, Sustainable Development, The environment, Environmental Economics, Environmental Social Sciences, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Renewable and Green Energy, Earth System Sciences, Renewable energy resources, natural resources, Natural Resource and Energy Economics, Climate Change Management and Policy