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Energy 2050 : Making the Transition to a Secure Low-Carbon Energy System / Jim Skea, Paul Ekins and Mark Winskel, eds.  Earthscan, Dec. 2010.http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=102453About the book, by  Earthscan :The United Kingdom is  committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by  2050, a target that will only be achieved by transforming the way that  energy is supplied and used. At the same time there are anxieties about  the security of energy provision in terms of European dependency on  natural gas and the reliability of electricity supply. This book  explores in detail those factors which could help or hinder the  attainment of the UK's climate change targets, and how these factors  interact with the parallel objective of maintaining a robust and secure  energy system. The book is the result of a major national energy  research effort by the UK Energy Research Centre, which includes some of  the UK's leading energy experts. The results and recommendations are  essential reading for policymakers, professionals, researchers, and  anyone concerned with achieving large-scale reductions in carbon  emissions, both from the UK and internationally.The book begins by exploring the evolution of the UK energy system over  recent decades: the trends, technologies and environmental impacts  related to energy use, and the structures and institutions of governance  that have influenced this evolution. It then moves on to changes in  energy policy to emphasise decarbonisation and resilience, and introduce  the approach to scenarios and modelling used in the rest of the book.  Later chapters explore different aspects of the uncertainties that may  enable or constrain the creation of a low-carbon, resilient UK energy  system, related to accelerated technology development, the creation of  an infrastructure to support de-centralised energy and microgeneration,  to lifestyle and behaviour change, and to public attitudes to wider  environmental impacts associated with energy system change. (© Earthscan)