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100 _aErickson, Larry E.
245 _aReducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality :
_btwo interrelated global challenges /
_cLarry E. Erickson and Gary Brase
260 _aBoca Raton
_bCRC Press
_c2020
300 _a164p.
365 _aGBP
_b44.99
500 _aThe world’s atmosphere is a shared resource. Air quality, energy, transportation, and climate change, have significant impacts on our lives. This book helps readers understand the changes happening at the nexus of these areas related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality. Discussing the transitions to electric vehicles, solar and wind energy for electricity generation, battery developments, smart grids and electric power management, and progress in the electrification of agricultural technology, it also provides the latest information in the context of the United Nations sustainable development goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Features: Includes content on how to improve urban air quality in large cities and urban environments Effectively addresses the nexus of energy, transportation, air quality, climate change, and health. Discusses innovative concepts at the nexus of renewable energy, smart grid, electric vehicles, and electric power management Describes recent progress in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions Written for a broad audience by world experts in sustainability Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improving Air Quality: Two Interrelated Global Challenges is an invaluable book for professionals and academics at the centre of changes relating to solar and wind energy, electric vehicles, and charging infrastructure, including government officials, and community leaders, researchers, students, and interested citizens. It is also an excellent text for classes that address sustainability, particularly those focused on transportation and energy.
650 _aGreenhouse Gas Mitigation
650 _aAir quality management
650 _aSustainable development
650 _aEnergy conservation
650 _aClimate changes
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