Handbook of Energy and Environmental Security

Handbook of Energy and Environmental Security educates the reader about the wider dimensions of the distinctive yet intertwined subjects of ‘energy security and ‘environmental security’. The book uniquely addresses these two increasingly important topics in a comprehensive and composite manner, describing the concepts and wider dimensions of energy- and environmental security in technological, economic, social and geopolitical perspectives. Divided into three main parts, the book deals with the subject of energy security in terms of its concepts, broader dimensions and allied issues, focuses on environmental security, and covers subjects in a cohesive manner, discussing their important interfaces and commonalities.

Providing valuable scholarship for academics, researchers and analysts in the fields of energy and the environment, and using case studies to illustrate national and international levels, this is a valuable resource for energy- and environmental security challenges, especially in the areas of sustainable development and climate change.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction to energy and environmental security
1. Climate change on the March
2. Energy and environmental security
3. Shared future
4. Global response
5. Conclusions
Chapter 2. Dynamics of energy security and its implications
1. Energy security
2. Energy security issues in developed and developing countries
3. Energy security policies and its implications in energy transitions
4. Conclusion
Chapter 3. Sustainable energy transition in the 21st century
1. Introduction
2. Dynamics of the energy transition
3. Decarbonization
4. Decentralization
5. Digitalization
6. Decreasing use of energy
7. Conclusions
Chapter 4. Energy security: role of renewable and low-carbon technologies
1. Introduction
2. Overview of global low-carbon technology status
3. Roles of renewable and energy efficiency technologies for enhancing energy security
4. Future roles of low-carbon technologies in decentralized energy market
5. Conclusion
Chapter 5. Overcoming the energy security challenges in developing countries
1. Energy scenario in developing countries
2. The nexus of supply, demand, and energy security
3. Holistic assessment of energy security and sustainable development
4. Improving energy security and equity
5. Conclusion
Chapter 6. Renewable energy in Latin America and scenarios to the Brazilian energy matrix by 2050
1. Introduction: energy and sustainability
2. Future scenarios, 2050 calculator, and renewables in Latin America and Brazil
3. Study methods
4. Results and discussions
5. Conclusions
Chapter 7. Phase change: getting to a sustainable energy future in Vietnam
1. Background
2. The demand side
3. The supply side
4. Recent developments
5. Challenges and opportunities
6. Concluding observations
7. Lessons for other countries
Chapter 8. Energy security challenges of developing countries: a pragmatic assessment
1. Introduction
2. Energy and development in South Asia
3. Energy and social issues: South Asia
4. Energy security: South Asia
5. Recommendations for South Asian countries to overcome energy security challenges
6. Conclusions
Chapter 9. Buildings for sustainable energy future
1. Introduction
2. Buildings and sustainable development
3. Energy efficiency in buildings
4. Renewable energy in buildings
5. Energy use in commercial buildings in the USA: case study
6. Conclusions
Chapter 10. Wildfires, haze, and climate change
1. Introduction
2. Relationship between wildfires haze and climate
3. Wildfire burning and haze formation conditions
4. Wildfires haze conditions
5. Fire prediction model
6. Conclusion and way forward
Chapter 11. Environmental experience design research spectrum for energy and human well-being
1. Overview of energy and human health and well-being in economically booming countries
2. Indoor environmental quality on human well-being and productivity
3. Human psychological responses to built environments
4. Conclusions
Chapter 12. Environmental security in developing countries: a case study of South Asia
1. Highlights
2. Dynamics of environmental security
3. Environmental security and sustainable development
4. Climate change: vulnerable nations
5. Approach toward the development of case study
6. Climate change-anticipated environmental insecurity in South Asia
7. Environmental diplomacy as pursuance to cooperation
8. Conclusions
Chapter 13. How Japan's international cooperation contributes to climate change
1. Introduction
2. Mitigation
3. Adaptation
4. Conclusion
5. Glossary list
Chapter 14. Environmental sustainability in Asia: insights from a multidimensional approach
1. Introduction
2. Literature review
3. Methodologies
4. Empirical results
5. Concluding remarks
Appendix
Chapter 15. Pearls and perils of resources recovery and reuse technologies
1. Introduction
2. The development stages of waste and wastewater management and reuse
3. Waste and wastewater generation across the world
4. Available resources recovery and reuse options
5. Poverty alleviation and disease prevention effects of RRR
6. Health and environmental risks related with RRR technologies
7. Conclusions
Chapter 16. The macroeconomic impact of climate change
1. Introduction
2. Macroeconomic impact of climate change
3. Evaluation and conclusion
4. Policy recommendations
Chapter 17. Sustainable development: a case for urban leftover spaces
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Urban leftover spaces
3. Visual preferences
4. The method
5. The findings
6. Conclusion
Chapter 18. Evaluating climate change towards sustainable development
1. Introduction
2. Causes of climate change
3. The impact of climate change
4. Understanding climate change in vulnerable nations through four dimensions
5. Case of ASEAN countries
6. Relevant policies to mitigate climate change
7. Integration between climate change and sustainable development
8. Summary
Chapter 19. Response to energy and environmental challenges: drivers and barriers
1. Introduction: The main approaches to identification of grand challenges
2. Contemporary energy and environmental challenges and their implications for security
3. Key drivers for resolution of energy and environmental challenges
4. Key barriers for addressing energy and environmental challenges
5. Designing responses to grand challenges
6. Conclusions
Chapter 20. Engagement and relational governance
1. Transformation of the set of systems for living
2. The necessity of citizen engagement
3. Sufficiency of engagement—some simple principles
4. Citizen engagement anywhere
5. The power of basic principles
6. How society can invest in its own future?
7. Sensible transition through joint envisioning instead of disruptive revolution
8. Recognizing how primitive our vision has been
Chapter 21. Nationally determined contributions to foster water-energy-food-environmental security through transboundary cooperation in the Nile Basin
1. Introduction
2. Study area
3. Climate change impacts, vulnerability, and adaptations in the Nile Basin
4. Analysis of the NDC–SDG synergies for the Nile Basin riparian countries
5. Analysis of priority climate actions and relevant SDGs
6. Mobilizing financial resources
7. Key findings and recommendations
Chapter 22. Energy and environment: sustainable development goals and global policy landscape
1. Introduction: the process of shaping energy and environment policy landscape
2. The main international agreements with environmental and energy goals
3. Harmonizing environmental and energy policies from the security perspective
4. Universalism, regionalism, or nation-state protectionism: what is the future of international relations around energy and environment?
5. Conclusions
Chapter 23. Energy and environment: sustainability and security
1. Introduction to environmental sustainability
2. The linkage between energy and environment
3. Environmental security
4. Complementarities and conflicts issues of energy security and environmental security
5. Selected case studies on energy, environmental sustainability, and security
6. Summary
Chapter 24. Circular economy—A treasure trove of opportunities for enhancing resource efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
1. Introduction
2. “Circular economy” strategies and GHG emission reduction prospects
3. Circular economy prospects in agriculture
4. Circular economy prospects in textile industry
5. Circular economy prospects in manufacturing
6. Circular economy prospects in transport sector
7. Circular economy prospects in the built environment
8. Circular economy prospects in hotel industry
9. Circular economy prospects in MSW management
10. Conclusions
Chapter 25. Business climate for energy regaining and environmentally sustainable waste-to-resource technologies
1. Introduction
2. Review of business climate evaluation approaches
3. Conceptual-methodological framework
4. A study area
5. Environmental issues in wastewater and waste management sectors
6. Technology options and current capacities for resources recovery from wastewater and municipal solid waste
7. Potential niches for RRR options to enhance food, energy, and water security
8. Enabling environment for RRR options
9. Conclusions
Chapter 26. Climate change and sustainable energy systems
1. Global climate change and its impacts
2. Sustainable energy systems for mitigation of climate change
3. Sustainable energy systems for adaptation to climate change
4. Global and national initiatives
5. Conclusion
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