Cover; ENGINEERING STRATEGIES FOR GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The future greenhouse gas production; Introduction; The natural carbon cycle; What is greenhouse gas?; What is climate change?; Sources of carbon dioxide; Estimating carbon dioxide release to the atmosphere; Scenarios of the future; Predictions of emissions; Business as usual models; Prediction of concentration; Changes in radiative forcing; Managing in the face of uncertainty; Carbon dioxide emission goals; Further reading and exercises; 2 Changing energy efficiency.Changing carbon dioxide intensitySectorial distribution of greenhouse gas emissions; Heat loss from buildings; Efficiency of energy transformation; Efficiency of transport of energy; Case study: retrofitting power stations; Case study: building heating and air conditioning; Case study: lighting; CO2 intensity as a function of GDP; Further reading and exercises; 3 Zero-emission technologies; Nuclear power; Electric and hydrogen cars; Renewable energy; Wind power; Solar power; Geothermal power; Hydropower; Tidal power; Wave power; Costing of alternative energy; Energy storage.Carbon capture and storageOxygen economy; Energy from biomass; Lifecycle accounting; Exercises; 4 Geoengineering the climate; What is geoengineering?; Climate geoengineering techniques; Solar radiation; Albedo changes; Aerosol changes; Reflectivity of the earth's surface; Radiative forcing and surface temperature; Modifying the atmospheric water vapour; Summary of geoengineering opportunities; Exercises; 5 Ocean sequestration; Ocean atmosphere exchange; Ocean circulation; CO2 partial pressure in the ocean; Increased ocean sinks; Alkalinity shifts; Direct injection into the ocean.Ocean NourishmentChanging the ocean primary production; Ocean Nourishment: induced upwelling; Iron fertilisation to utilise macronutrients; Ocean Nourishment: cyanobacteria; Ocean Nourishment: macronutrients; Macronutrient delivery to the ocean and its cost; Remote sensing of carbon uptake; Benefits and risks; Comparison of ocean sequestration techniques; Maintaining the thermohaline circulation; Exercises; 6 Increasing land sinks; Terrestrial primary production; Growing trees; Estimating carbon in forests; Costs of permanent forest sequestration; Role of forests in mitigation.Agricultural practicesCrop albedo; Soil tilling; Livestock grazing; Rice paddies; Biofuel and biochar; Storing as carbonate; Enhanced oil recovery; Carbon dioxide capture; Geological sequestration; Overview of carbon storage; Exercise; 7 Adaptation; Introduction; Rapid climate change; Abrupt climate change; Ethical issues; Adaptation and food security; Intergenerational equity; Case study: Bangladesh; Enhancing adaptive capacity; Costs of adaptation; Risk assessment; Consequences in Africa and Asia of adapting to climate change; Africa; Asia; Marine protein; Exercise.