Book contents
- Reviews
- Pandora’s Toolbox
- Pandora’s Toolbox
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Prologue
- Acknowledgments
- Section I Climate Introduction
- Section II Responses to Climate Change
- 6 The Energy Transition
- 7 Other Mitigation
- 8 Adaptation
- 9 Our Descendants Will Demand Climate Intervention
- Section III Carbon Dioxide Removal
- Section IV Solar Radiation Management
- Section V Social Ramifications of Climate Intervention
- Section VI The Path Forward
- Acronyms
- Appendix: Detail in respect of Figures 9.4–9.8
- Notes
- Index
7 - Other Mitigation
from Section II - Responses to Climate Change
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2022
- Reviews
- Pandora’s Toolbox
- Pandora’s Toolbox
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Prologue
- Acknowledgments
- Section I Climate Introduction
- Section II Responses to Climate Change
- 6 The Energy Transition
- 7 Other Mitigation
- 8 Adaptation
- 9 Our Descendants Will Demand Climate Intervention
- Section III Carbon Dioxide Removal
- Section IV Solar Radiation Management
- Section V Social Ramifications of Climate Intervention
- Section VI The Path Forward
- Acronyms
- Appendix: Detail in respect of Figures 9.4–9.8
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Despite the many challenges in achieving complete decarbonization of our energy supply, succeeding in that Herculean task would solve merely two-thirds of our greenhouse gas emissions problem. This chapter addresses how we might tackle the other third. Topics covered include: fugitive methane emissions from fossil fuel production; CO2 emissions from both traditional and industrial biomass combustion; emissions of CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide from the agricultural sector; CO2 emissions from land use changes and the forestry sector; the full range of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector unrelated to energy; and the ongoing release of methane from our waste streams. Tackling these diverse and myriad emission sources will greatly tax the ingenuity and budgets of humanity.
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- Pandora's ToolboxThe Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention, pp. 101 - 113Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022