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Understanding energy transitions

Understanding energy transitions Sustain Sci (2012) 7:109–111 DOI 10.1007/s11625-012-0173-5 SP EC IA L F EA T U RE : E D I T O RI AL Socio-technological transitions • • Frans Berkhout Peter Marcotullio Tatsuya Hanaoka Received: 14 May 2012 / Accepted: 14 May 2012 / Published online: 23 June 2012 The Author(s) 2012. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Transitions to cleaner, renewable energy are at the heart of costs of mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and policies in many countries. The focus on renewables has, if the diffusion of clean energy technologies. The first four anything, become greater recently as uncertainty grows papers model abatement costs for world regions and about the viability and acceptability of alternatives to sectors with a focus on medium term GHG emission achieve low-carbon growth, including nuclear power and targets (2020 and 2030)—a key step in stabilizing long- carbon capture and storage (REN21 2010). The Fukushima term climate change under the United Nations Framework accident has forced many governments to rethink their Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These studies nuclear energy plans—Japan has just shutdown their last find that transitions toward a low-carbon society are not nuclear power plant, and Germany announced http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Sustainability Science Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2012 by The Author(s)
Subject
Environment; Environmental Management; Climate Change Management and Policy; Environmental Economics; Landscape Ecology; Sustainable Development; Public Health
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1862-4065
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1862-4057
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10.1007/s11625-012-0173-5
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Sustain Sci (2012) 7:109–111 DOI 10.1007/s11625-012-0173-5 SP EC IA L F EA T U RE : E D I T O RI AL Socio-technological transitions • • Frans Berkhout Peter Marcotullio Tatsuya Hanaoka Received: 14 May 2012 / Accepted: 14 May 2012 / Published online: 23 June 2012 The Author(s) 2012. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Transitions to cleaner, renewable energy are at the heart of costs of mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and policies in many countries. The focus on renewables has, if the diffusion of clean energy technologies. The first four anything, become greater recently as uncertainty grows papers model abatement costs for world regions and about the viability and acceptability of alternatives to sectors with a focus on medium term GHG emission achieve low-carbon growth, including nuclear power and targets (2020 and 2030)—a key step in stabilizing long- carbon capture and storage (REN21 2010). The Fukushima term climate change under the United Nations Framework accident has forced many governments to rethink their Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These studies nuclear energy plans—Japan has just shutdown their last find that transitions toward a low-carbon society are not nuclear power plant, and Germany announced

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Published: Jun 23, 2012

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