Greenhouse Gas Emission Drivers: Population, Economic Development and Growth, and Energy Use (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781288665235)

In the context of climate change and possible responses to the risk associated with it, three variables strongly influence the levels and growth of greenhouse gas emissions: population, income (measured as per capita gross domestic product [GDP]), and intensity of emissions (measured as tons of greenhouse gas emissions per million dollars of GDP).
(Population) x (per capita GDP) x (Intensityghg) = Emissionsghg
This is the relationship for a given point in time; over time, any effort to change emissions alters the exponential rates of change of these variables. This means that the rates of change of the three left-hand variables, measured in percentage of annual change, sum to the rate of change of the right-hand variable, emissions.

Author: John Blodgett,Larry Parker
ISBN-10: 1288665237
ISBN-13: 9781288665235
Publisher: Bibliogov
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2013
Pages: 40
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.08d