Regulation and Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases
(2021) 2. p.1223-1262- Abstract
While most greenhouse gases are not toxic and no pollutants, their increasing concentration in the atmosphere is enhancing the greenhouse effect and causing climate change. Climate change however is a massive threat to all global life-sustaining systems, and it will among other highly damaging consequences probably also create significant health problems. This chapter first explains the natural science basics of the greenhouse effect and its link to the global commercial energy system. Second, it outlines the challenges connected to changing the global energy systems and what changes would be needed to prevent dangerous global warming. Third, the global governance system is presented which has been established at the United Nations... (More)
While most greenhouse gases are not toxic and no pollutants, their increasing concentration in the atmosphere is enhancing the greenhouse effect and causing climate change. Climate change however is a massive threat to all global life-sustaining systems, and it will among other highly damaging consequences probably also create significant health problems. This chapter first explains the natural science basics of the greenhouse effect and its link to the global commercial energy system. Second, it outlines the challenges connected to changing the global energy systems and what changes would be needed to prevent dangerous global warming. Third, the global governance system is presented which has been established at the United Nations since 1992 to address climate change. Finally, the chapter discusses what societal changes would be necessary and enable the “great transition” to a just and sustainable global society, how the current Coronavirus pandemic could be a start to such a transition, and how the recently announced European Green Deal might be a prototype policy on this way.
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- author
- Lechtenböhmer, Stefan LU and Obergassel, Wolfgang
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-01-01
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Carbon dioxide, Climate change, Climate neutrality, Energy system, Great transition, Greenhouse gases, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC
- host publication
- Regulatory Toxicology : Second Edition - Second Edition
- volume
- 2
- pages
- 40 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85160802817
- ISBN
- 9783030574987
- 9783030574994
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-57499-4_129
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021.
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- d47ec5aa-a98a-4951-aaca-5eb0fc11bb42
- date added to LUP
- 2023-08-02 22:52:13
- date last changed
- 2024-06-01 04:29:24
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abstract = {{<p>While most greenhouse gases are not toxic and no pollutants, their increasing concentration in the atmosphere is enhancing the greenhouse effect and causing climate change. Climate change however is a massive threat to all global life-sustaining systems, and it will among other highly damaging consequences probably also create significant health problems. This chapter first explains the natural science basics of the greenhouse effect and its link to the global commercial energy system. Second, it outlines the challenges connected to changing the global energy systems and what changes would be needed to prevent dangerous global warming. Third, the global governance system is presented which has been established at the United Nations since 1992 to address climate change. Finally, the chapter discusses what societal changes would be necessary and enable the “great transition” to a just and sustainable global society, how the current Coronavirus pandemic could be a start to such a transition, and how the recently announced European Green Deal might be a prototype policy on this way.</p>}},
author = {{Lechtenböhmer, Stefan and Obergassel, Wolfgang}},
booktitle = {{Regulatory Toxicology : Second Edition}},
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keywords = {{Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Climate neutrality; Energy system; Great transition; Greenhouse gases; Kyoto Protocol; Paris Agreement; SDGs; Sustainable Development Goals; UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; UNFCCC}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{01}},
pages = {{1223--1262}},
publisher = {{Springer}},
title = {{Regulation and Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57499-4_129}},
doi = {{10.1007/978-3-030-57499-4_129}},
volume = {{2}},
year = {{2021}},
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