Achieving a Sustainable Global Energy System

Identifying Possibilities Using Long-Term Energy Scenarios

ESRI Studies Series on the Environment

The late Leo Schrattenholzer, formerly of International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, Asami Miketa, Department of Nuclear Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Austria, Keywan Riahi, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria and Richard Alexander Roehrl, United Nations (UN/ESA/ESCAP), Thailand With contributions from Manfred Strubegger, Gerhard Totschnig and Bing Zhu

Sustainable development and global climate change have figured prominently in scientific analysis and international policymaking since the early 1990s. This book formulates technology strategies that will lead to environmentally sustainable energy systems, based on an analysis of global climate change issues using the concept of sustainable development. The authors focus on environmentally compatible, long-term technology developments within the global energy system, while also considering aspects of economic and social sustainability.