Title: The environmental impacts and priorities of energy provision and use

Authors: Michael Jefferson

Addresses: World Energy Council (WEC), 34 St James's Street, London, SW1A 1HD, UK

Abstract: The possible implications of increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, their atmospheric concentration, and potential climate effects appear sufficiently serious that precautionary measures of a |minimum regret| kind are essential, and their implementation should not be delayed.

Keywords: carbon; nitrogen; climate change; sulphur emissions; greenhouse gases; GHG emissions; minimum regret; environmental impact; energy provision; energy use; precautionary measures.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.1995.063433

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 1995 Vol.8 No.1/2/3, pp.221-228

Published online: 14 Jul 2014 *

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