Comparing Environmental Risks

Author : Chinese Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309160006
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Renewables written by Chinese Academy of Engineering and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-01-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States and China are the world's top two energy consumers and, as of 2010, the two largest economies. Consequently, they have a decisive role to play in the world's clean energy future. Both countries are also motivated by related goals, namely diversified energy portfolios, job creation, energy security, and pollution reduction, making renewable energy development an important strategy with wide-ranging implications. Given the size of their energy markets, any substantial progress the two countries make in advancing use of renewable energy will provide global benefits, in terms of enhanced technological understanding, reduced costs through expanded deployment, and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to conventional generation from fossil fuels. Within this context, the U.S. National Academies, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), reviewed renewable energy development and deployment in the two countries, to highlight prospects for collaboration across the research to deployment chain and to suggest strategies which would promote more rapid and economical attainment of renewable energy goals. Main findings and concerning renewable resource assessments, technology development, environmental impacts, market infrastructure, among others, are presented. Specific recommendations have been limited to those judged to be most likely to accelerate the pace of deployment, increase cost-competitiveness, or shape the future market for renewable energy. The recommendations presented here are also pragmatic and achievable.

Author : J. Clarence Davies
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135890544
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparing Environmental Risks written by J. Clarence Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The budgetary squeeze of the 1990s has made it obvious that the government cannot address every possible environmental problem. Comparative risk assessment (CRA) is increasingly advanced as the means for setting realistic priorities. RFF's Center for Risk Management commissioned background papers from leading experts on CRA for a meeting with federal regulatory officials. Comparing Environmental Risks presents the revised papers of this workshop. Representing the state of the art on programmatic CRA, its methodological analyses and practical recommendations will be invaluable to government officials, independent analysts, and anyone studying environmental policy.

Author : C. Richard Cothern
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351079255
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment written by C. Richard Cothern and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What data is needed to complete a quantitative risk assessment for environmental and public health? How accurate does a quantitative risk assessment have to be? How confident does a risk assessor need to be when presenting risk estimates to a decision maker? Find out the answers to these questions and more with Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment, the first major commercial publication that describes the current state of the art in comparative environmental risk assessment. This book examines the problems involved in such analyses and offers ideas and thoughts for future development. The book examines major problems in this area and covers all aspects of the environment, including human and ecological health. Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment is an excellent guide for risk assessment experts, environmentalists, regulators, planners, legislators, scientists in industry, instructors, and students.

Author : Igor Linkov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402022433
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Risk Assessment and Environmental Decision Making written by Igor Linkov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-02 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decision making in environmental projects is typically a complex and confusing process characterized by trade-offs between socio-political, environmental, and economic impacts. Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) is a methodology applied to facilitate decision making when various activities compete for limited resources. CRA has become an increasingly accepted research tool and has helped to characterize environmental profiles and priorities on the regional and national level. CRA may be considered as part of the more general but as yet quite academic field of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). Considerable research in the area of MCDA has made available methods for applying scientific decision theoretical approaches to multi-criteria problems, but its applications, especially in environmental areas, are still limited. The papers show that the use of comparative risk assessment can provide the scientific basis for environmentally sound and cost-efficient policies, strategies, and solutions to our environmental challenges.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030913708X
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Electricity from Renewable Resources written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A component in the America's Energy Future study, Electricity from Renewable Resources examines the technical potential for electric power generation with alternative sources such as wind, solar-photovoltaic, geothermal, solar-thermal, hydroelectric, and other renewable sources. The book focuses on those renewable sources that show the most promise for initial commercial deployment within 10 years and will lead to a substantial impact on the U.S. energy system. A quantitative characterization of technologies, this book lays out expectations of costs, performance, and impacts, as well as barriers and research and development needs. In addition to a principal focus on renewable energy technologies for power generation, the book addresses the challenges of incorporating such technologies into the power grid, as well as potential improvements in the national electricity grid that could enable better and more extensive utilization of wind, solar-thermal, solar photovoltaics, and other renewable technologies.

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Publisher : OECD
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policy Issues in Insurance Environmental Risks and Insurance written by and published by OECD. This book was released on 2003-11-21 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the increasing incidence of environmental pollution and soil contamination, to recurring natural disasters, the risks posed by the constant interaction between human activities and the environment are diverse, manifold and often catastrophic in their consequences. Therefore, the elaboration of effective risk-management plans, aimed at formulating viable response strategies, requires the contribution of all the economic actors involved: private parties, financial institutions, governments and international organizations. This report focuses on the role of insurance and reinsurance companies in the management of environmental risks - environmental pollution risk and natural catastrophe risk in particular. It discusses the issue of insurability of such risks, analyses the increasing risk of liability for environmental pollution and the underlying trends in the development of environmental liability regimes in OECD countries. It also presents an overview of the various environmental pollution insurance products and techniques developed in response to legal and factual evolutions. In addition, it describes the special features of natural catastrophe risks, the role of traditional insurance markets in the coverage of such perils, and alternative options of coverage, from governmental disaster schemes to new financial market instruments.

Author : Karen Leffland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparing Environmental Impact Data on Cleaner Technologies written by Karen Leffland and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recoge: 1. Executive summary - 2. Background and prerequisites for the development of a Ceidoct concept - 3. The current status of concepts relevant for cleaner technology assessment at european level - 4. Identification of environmental performance indicators to be used for comparison of cleaner technologies - 5. Concept for development and use of EPIs within specific trades - 6. Testing the concepts.

Author : Chris Wood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317878418
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment written by Chris Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has become a vital management tool worldwide. EIA is a means of evaluating the likely consequences of a proposed major action which will significantly affect the environment, before that action is taken.This new edition of Wood's key text provides an authoritative, international review of environmental impact assessment, comparing systems used in the UK, USA, the Netherlands, Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand and South Africa.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264105522
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policy Issues in Insurance Environmental Risks and Insurance A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Insurance in the Management of Environment-Related Risks written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2003-10-31 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report focuses on the role of insurance and reinsurance companies in the management of environmental risks - environmental pollution risk and natural catastrophe risk in particular.

Author : Louise Moore
Publisher : Sweet & Maxwell
ISBN 13 : 1908239212
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Risks for Major Projects written by Louise Moore and published by Sweet & Maxwell. This book was released on 2012 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title provides assistance on legal risk management following environmental incidents such as Fukushima and Deepwater Horizon. It reflects how such incidents have led many governments, international corporations and financial institutions to reassess their approach to safety and environmental risk.