Low carbon transitions for developing countries / Frauke Urban.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-182) and indexes.

Machine generated contents note: 1.1.Book overview
1.2.Introduction
1.3.Climate change and the impacts of energy use
1.4.Equity in the climate change debate
1.5.Low carbon development
1.6.Energy transitions and the role of renewable and low carbon energy
1.7.Energy modelling
1.8.Aim and scope of the book
1.9.Structure of the book
Overview
2.1.Introduction
2.1.1.Metrics for the comparison of economic activity
2.2.Developing countries in global energy models
2.2.1.The Energy Ladder in the SRES models
2.2.The Environmental Kuznets Curve in the SRES models
2.3.Key issues of energy systems in developing countries
2.3.1.Development of the energy system
2.3.1.1.From traditional to commercial fuels
2.3.1.2.Electrification
2.3.2.From economic development to energy use
2.3.2.1.Economic structural change and dematerialisation
2.3.2.2.Income distribution
2.3.2.3.Informal economic systems
Contents note continued: 2.3.3.The context of development
2.3.3.1.Fossil energy resource depletion
2.3.3.2.Climate change
2.3.3.3.Urban air pollution
2.4.Discussion and conclusion
3.1.Introduction
3.2.Characteristics of the energy systems and economies of developing countries
3.2.1.Poor performance of the power sector and traditional fuels
3.2.2.Transitions from traditional to modern economies
3.2.3.Structural deficiencies in society, economy and energy systems
3.3.Energy model comparison
3.4.Results of the energy model comparison
3.5.Discussion
3.5.1.Discussion of model comparison and model groups
3.5.2.Discussion of methodology
3.6.Conclusions
4.1.Introduction
4.2.Method
4.2.1.Description of PowerPlan
4.2.2.Modelling the Chinese power sector
4.2.3.Storylines and scenario-making
4.3.Results
4.3.1.Results of the business-as-usual scenarios
Contents note continued: 4.3.2.Results of the renewable and low carbon energy scenarios
4.3.3.Comparison of the scenarios
4.4.Discussion
4.4.1.Discussion of the method
4.4.2.Discussion of the results and implications
4.5.Conclusion
5.1.Introduction
5.2.Methodology
5.2.1.Modelling with LEAP
5.2.1.1.Final energy demand analysis
5.2.1.2.Activity levels, energy intensity, emissions and demand costs
5.2.2.Modelling framework for Beijing
5.2.2.1.Beijing
5.2.2.2.Modelling the system
5.2.3.Scenario-making
5.2.4.Data issues
5.3.Results
5.3.1.Energy demand
5.3.2.CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions
5.3.3.Costs
5.3.4.Technology and policy implementations
5.4.Discussion
5.4.1.Discussion of the method and data
5.4.2.Uncertainties
5.4.3.Discussion of the results
5.4.4.Recommendations
5.5.Conclusions
6.1.Introduction
6.2.Methodology
Contents note continued: 6.2.1.Modelling with the Regional Energy Model (REM)
6.2.2.Modelling rural India
6.2.3.Scenario-making
6.2.4.Data issues
6.3.Results
6.3.1.Primary energy use
6.3.2.GHG emissions
6.3.3.Costs
6.4.Discussion
6.4.1.Discussion of method and data
6.4.2.Uncertainties
6.4.3.Discussion of results
6.4.4.Policy recommendations
6.5.Conclusions
7.1.Introduction
7.2.Energy systems of developing countries: characteristics and potential changes
7.3.Energy transitions in emerging countries
7.3.1.The Chinese power sector
7.3.2.Beijing's economy
7.3.3.Rural residential India
7.4.Effects of low carbon energy transitions in emerging economies
7.4.1.Effects on the Chinese power sector
7.4.2.Effects on Beijing's economy
7.4.3.Effects on rural residential India
7.5.The role of energy modelling for developing countries
7.6.Overall conclusion and recommendations
8.1.Background
Contents note continued: 8.1.1.Energy and its impacts
8.1.2.Energy transitions and the role of renewable and low carbon energy
8.1.3.Energy modelling
8.2.Objective of the book and research approach
8.3.Findings
8.3.1.Energy systems of developing countries: characteristics and modelling approaches
8.3.2.Energy transitions in emerging economies
8.4.Conclusion.

Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our times and in order to tackle this carbon emissions need to be mitigated. China and India have recently become some of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters. Transitions to low carbon energy, for reducing emissions that lead to climate change, are therefore an urgent priority for China and India and at a global level.This is the first book focusing on low carbon energy transitions for emerging economies such as China and India, assessing the opportunities and barriers for transitions to renewable and low carbon energy.