Taking action on climate change : long term mitigation scenarios for South Africa / / by Harald Winkler.

• Author: Winkler, Harald.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book is based on scenarios developed for the South African Department of Environment that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and form the basis for a national, long-term climate policy. The strategic options outlined in the book will enable South Africa to turn climate change mitigation into a pro-growth, pro-job and pro-development strategy for the future, and points the way for other developing countries.

Table of Contents

Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Acronyms, abbreviations and units; Acknowledgement; Chapter One: Introduction; Why a Long Term Mitigation Scenario process?; The story of LTMS; Reasons for action and concern; Chapter Two: Developing a model of GHG emissions; Methodology for modelling emissions; Energy modelling; Industrial process emissions; Non-energy emissions in waste, agriculture and land use; Costs of mitigation; Drivers of emissions and costs; Constraints; Chapter Three: The Gap: Where emissions are going and need to go; Growth without Constraints (GWC)

Required by Science (RBS)The gap between Growth without Constraints and Required by Science; Chapter Four: Taking action on mitigation; Mitigation actions in the energy sector; Mitigation actions in the non-energy sectors; Mitigation actions: Economic instruments; Specifications of mitigation actions in summary; Chapter Five: Emission reductions and costs in summary; Summary of mitigation options and costs; The mitigation cost curve; Adding up costs as a share of GDP; Chapter Six: Strategic options for South Africa; Start Now; Scale Up; Use the Market; Reach for the Goal

Economy-wide implications of strategic optionsChapter Seven: Sensitivity analysis; Sensitivity to energy prices; Sensitivity to GDP; Sensitivity to discount rate; Chapter Eight: Conclusion: The challenge ahead; The gap; Next steps identified in the technical work; The national response to the LTMS; The LTMS impact internationally - going far fast; References; Index; Back Cover