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Global climate change : the technology challenge / ed. by Princiotta, Frank. Springer, 2011, 420 p.  ISBN 978-90-481-3152-5 (Book Series: Advances in Global Change Research, Vol. 38)http://www.springer.com/engineering/energy+technology/book/978-90-481-3152-5This  book quantifies the mitigation challenge. It then considers the status  of key technologies needed to protect the planet from serious climate  change impact. Current and emerging technologies are characterized for  their mitigation potential, status of development and potential  environmental impacts. Power generation, mobile sources, industrial and  building sectors are evaluated in detail. The importance and unique  challenges for rapidly developing countries, such as China and India are  discussed. Current global research and development efforts for key  technologies are discussed. It is concluded that it will be necessary to  substantially upgrade and accelerate the current worldwide RDD&#38;D  effort on both emerging energy technologies and those enabling  technologies needed to improve mitigation effectiveness and economics.  It will also be necessary to carefully evaluate the potential  environmental characteristics of next generation technologies to avoid  unacceptable health and ecological impacts.... (© Springer)