TY  - BOOK
AU  - Srivastava, Dinesh Kumar
AU  - Ramamurthy, V.S.
TI  - Climate change and energy options for a sustainable future
SN  - 9780000990068
U1  - 363.73874 SRI-D 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New Jersey
PB  - World Scientific
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Climatic changes
N1  - The signs of global warming can be seen everywhere - hotter summers, frequent heavy rains, prolonged droughts, more severe forest fires, fiercer storms (including snow storms) and cyclones, as well as melting polar ice caps. Our indiscriminate actions are raising the spectre of millions of climate refugees who are victims of battles for water, crops, fish, and so on. It is poignant that the poorer countries, that are the least equipped to face these calamities have contributed the least to global warming, but are the worst hit. Only a concerted effort from the entire world by a rapid transition to renewable, clean and green energy sources, while checking wastage, deforestation and pollution, and a genuine adjustment in lifestyles towards moderation can avert the Earth, the only habitable planet we know, from turning into a hothouse"
ER  -