Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Preface
- How do governments assess climate change?
- Section 1 Earth system science: The processes that underlie climate change
- Section 2 Consequences of a changing climate for the Southern African environment
- Section 3 Consequences of a changing climate for society
- Section 4 What we can do to avoid and adapt to climate change
- Introduction
- 1 Is it cheaper to tolerate climate change or prevent it?
- 2 Is carbon trading desirable or useful?
- 3 Is it possible to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere?
- 4 Could fertilizing the oceans fix climate change?
- 5 Could we reduce incoming solar radiation?
- 6 Are there viable alternatives to coal for South Africa?
- 7 Can nuclear power provide the clean energy we need?
- 8 Can we turn garbage into energy?
- 9 Do biofuels offer a solution?
- 10 Could spekboom save our bacon?
- 11 Can we help plants and animals adapt to climate change?
- 12 Can we build climate-friendly houses and cities? 170
- 13 How can I reduce my carbon footprint? 173
- Codicil Is there a dangerous level of climate change?
- Glossary
- List of figures
- References
- Reading list
- Index
7 - Can nuclear power provide the clean energy we need?
from Section 4 - What we can do to avoid and adapt to climate change
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2018
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Preface
- How do governments assess climate change?
- Section 1 Earth system science: The processes that underlie climate change
- Section 2 Consequences of a changing climate for the Southern African environment
- Section 3 Consequences of a changing climate for society
- Section 4 What we can do to avoid and adapt to climate change
- Introduction
- 1 Is it cheaper to tolerate climate change or prevent it?
- 2 Is carbon trading desirable or useful?
- 3 Is it possible to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere?
- 4 Could fertilizing the oceans fix climate change?
- 5 Could we reduce incoming solar radiation?
- 6 Are there viable alternatives to coal for South Africa?
- 7 Can nuclear power provide the clean energy we need?
- 8 Can we turn garbage into energy?
- 9 Do biofuels offer a solution?
- 10 Could spekboom save our bacon?
- 11 Can we help plants and animals adapt to climate change?
- 12 Can we build climate-friendly houses and cities? 170
- 13 How can I reduce my carbon footprint? 173
- Codicil Is there a dangerous level of climate change?
- Glossary
- List of figures
- References
- Reading list
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- Climate ChangeBriefings from Southern Africa, pp. 159 - 160Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2015