Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Introduction to Climate Change Mitigation.- Evidences of Climate Change.- Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions.- Climate Change Legislation: Current Developments and Emerging Trends.- International Efforts to Combat Global Warming.- Ethics and Environmental Policy.- Mass Media Roles in Climate Change Mitigation.- Sustainable Development: Ecology and Economic Growth.- Emissions Trading.- Promotion of Renewables and Energy Efficiency by Politics: Case Study of the European Union.- Implications of Climate Change for the Petrochemical Industry: Mitigation Measures and Feedstock Transitions.- Venture Capital Investment and Trend in Clean Technologies.- Who Benefits from Climate Change?.- Analysis of the Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation.- The Role of Aviation in Climate Change Mitigation.- The Role of the Shipping Industry in Climate Change Mitigation.- Carbon Liability.- Impacts of Climatic Changes on Biogeochemical Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems.- Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity.- Sea-Level Rise and Hazardous Storms: Impacts on Coasts and Estuaries.- Impacts of Climatic Changes on Water Quality and Fish Habitat in Aquatic Systems.- Climate Change and Water Resources.- Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptation in East Africa (EA) and South America (SA).- Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptation in South  Asia.- Urban Mining as a Resource-Efficient Means for Climate Change Mitigation.- Déjà vu or Something New? The Adaptation Concept in the Climate Change Literature.- Design of a Severe Climate Change Early Warning System.- Exploring Public Support for Climate Change Adaptation Policies.- State of Knowledge on Climate Change and Adaptation Activities.- An Introductory Course on Climate Change.- Reducing Personal Mobility for Climate Change Mitigation.- Bringing Global Climate Change Education to Alabama High-School Classrooms.- Climate Change: Outreaching to School Students and Teachers.- Geoengineering for Climate Stabilization.- Measuring Household Vulnerability to Climate Change.- Energy Efficiency: Comparison of Different Systems and Technologies.- Energy Efficient Design of Future Transportation Systems.- Thermal Insulation for Energy Conservation.- Thermal Energy Storage and Transport.- Solar Concentrator.- Harvesting Solar Energy Using Inexpensive and Benign Materials.- Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Using Advanced Heat Integration Techniques.- Advanced Real-Time Optimization of Power Plants for Energy Conservation and Efficiency Increase.- Mobile and Area Sources of Greenhouse Gases and Abatement Strategies.- Biomass as Feedstock.- Biochemical Conversion of Biomass to Fuels.- Thermal Conversion of Biomass.- Chemicals from Biomass.- Biochar's Applications in Climate Change Mitigation.- Wind Energy.- Wave Power.- Geothermal Energy.- Hydropower.- Nuclear Energy and Environmental Impact.- Green Chemistry and Physics of CO2.- Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions with CO2 Capture and Geological Storage.- Chemical Absorption.- CO2 Capture by Adsorption.- CO2 Capture by Membrane.- CO2 Sequestration.- CO2 Utilization Technologies.- Oxy-fuel Firing Technology for Power Generation.- Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC).- Conversion of Syngas to Fuels.- Chemical Looping Combustion.- Oxyfuel Combustion by Oxygen Transport Membranes.- Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Carbon Dioxide Reduction.- Technological Options for Reducing Non-CO2 GHG Emissions.- Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Catalytic Processes.- Integrated Systems to Reduce Global Warming.- Thermoacoustics.- Hydrogen Production.- Low-Temperature Fuel Cell Technology for Green Energy.- Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.- Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells.- Fusion Energy.