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Global energy assessment: toward a sustainable future: final report / IIASA. Cambridge University Press, Oct. 2012, 1 900 p. Hardback: 978-1-107-00519-8, USD 300.00 ; Paperback : 978-0-521-18293-5, USD 150.00Download the report : http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/Energy/Chapters_Home.en.htmlGEA Summary, 118 p. : http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/ENE/GEA/doc/GEA-Summary-web.pdfThe Global Energy Assessment (GEA) involves specialists from a range of disciplines, industry groups, and policy areas in defining a new global energy policy agenda, one that transforms the way society thinks about, uses and delivers energy and to facilitate equitable and sustainable energy services for all, in particular the two billion people who currently lack access to clean, modern energy... read more on IIASA web siteThe GEA final report was launched during the Energy Day at Rio+20.Objectives:The GEA to provides policy-relevant analysis and guidance to governments and intergovernmental organizations, decision-support material to the commercial sector (energy service companies, investors and others), and analysis relevant to academic institutions. It provides technical guidance for implementing measures aimed at mitigating climate change and sustainable consumption of resources, for example the GEA:proposes a portfolio of policies addressing global energy challenges;addresses climate change mitigation targets as outlined by the UNFCCC and other GHG mitigation initiatives;evaluates future commitments to the reduction of GHGs, for example, to levels 20+ percent below 1990-levels by 2020 and 50+ percent by 2050, and negative emissions before 2100; andexamines resource and technology options and policies needed to achieve such targets.