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7 - Other Mitigation

from Section II - Responses to Climate Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2022

Wake Smith
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
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Despite the many challenges in achieving complete decarbonization of our energy supply, succeeding in that Herculean task would solve merely two-thirds of our greenhouse gas emissions problem. This chapter addresses how we might tackle the other third. Topics covered include: fugitive methane emissions from fossil fuel production; CO2 emissions from both traditional and industrial biomass combustion; emissions of CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide from the agricultural sector; CO2 emissions from land use changes and the forestry sector; the full range of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector unrelated to energy; and the ongoing release of methane from our waste streams. Tackling these diverse and myriad emission sources will greatly tax the ingenuity and budgets of humanity.

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Pandora's Toolbox
The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention
, pp. 101 - 113
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Other Mitigation
  • Wake Smith, Harvard University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Pandora's Toolbox
  • Online publication: 24 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009008877.007
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  • Other Mitigation
  • Wake Smith, Harvard University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Pandora's Toolbox
  • Online publication: 24 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009008877.007
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  • Other Mitigation
  • Wake Smith, Harvard University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Pandora's Toolbox
  • Online publication: 24 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009008877.007
Available formats
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