Climate Change, Energy Use, And Sustainability: Diagnosis And Prescription After The Great East Japan Earthquake (springerbriefs In Environment, Security, Development And Peace)
by Yoshitsugu Hayashi /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book is an outcome of the symposium “Towards Earth Friendly
Use of Resources and Energy,” organized by the Nagoya University
Center of Excellence Program “From Earth System Science to Basic
and Clinical Environmental Studies” and presents papers by four
eminent researchers. 1) Syukuro Manabe, who was honored in 2008 by
the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto, together with Ms. Maathai and Ms.
Brundtland, describes the mechanisms of extreme weather, drought,
and flood that were caused by climate change due to CO
This book is an outcome of the symposium “Towards Earth Friendly
Use of Resources and Energy,” organized by the Nagoya University
Center of Excellence Program “From Earth System Science to Basic
and Clinical Environmental Studies” and presents papers by four
eminent researchers. 1) Syukuro Manabe, who was honored in 2008 by
the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto, together with Ms. Maathai and Ms.
Brundtland, describes the mechanisms of extreme weather, drought,
and flood that were caused by climate change due to CO2
2
emissions. 2) Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, co-chair of the Club of
Rome, describes “Factor 4 and 5” concepts such as technological
progress and redesigning socioeconomic systems, e.g. taxation, and
stresses the importance of humanity. 3) Hans-Peter Dürr,
ex-president of the Max Planck Physics Institute as a successor of
Heisenberg, explains the mechanism of a living Earth sustained by
accumulated energy resources provided by the sun. He clarifies a
point on preserving the dynamic stability of minerals and life on
Earth. 4) Shohei Yonemoto, a well-known political scientist
focusing on sustainability, explains environmental politics and why
the IPCC and UNFCCC framework were established based on precaution
principles. He puts forward a new concept called futurology, which
considers population and food problems from a Malthusian standpoint
and incorporates them into issues such as climate change and
natural disasters. This book is written and based on a very simple
but concrete idea and provides the readers with a chance to
consider the shape of future Earth.
emissions. 2) Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, co-chair of the Club of
Rome, describes “Factor 4 and 5” concepts such as technological
progress and redesigning socioeconomic systems, e.g. taxation, and
stresses the importance of humanity. 3) Hans-Peter Dürr,
ex-president of the Max Planck Physics Institute as a successor of
Heisenberg, explains the mechanism of a living Earth sustained by
accumulated energy resources provided by the sun. He clarifies a
point on preserving the dynamic stability of minerals and life on
Earth. 4) Shohei Yonemoto, a well-known political scientist
focusing on sustainability, explains environmental politics and why
the IPCC and UNFCCC framework were established based on precaution
principles. He puts forward a new concept called futurology, which
considers population and food problems from a Malthusian standpoint
and incorporates them into issues such as climate change and
natural disasters. This book is written and based on a very simple
but concrete idea and provides the readers with a chance to
consider the shape of future Earth.