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Books and resources

Article Type: Books and resources From: Management of EnvironmentalQuality: An International Journal, Volume 24, Issue 3.

Cambridge University PressCambridgeOctober 20121882 pp.ISBN9781107005198,£150.00

The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) is a culmination of a five-yearinitiative to assess the global energy challenges of our rapidly changing world.The GEA identifies the urgent need for a sustained and comprehensive strategy toresolve the issues facing sustainable development, including povertyeradication, climate change mitigation, health, energy security and energyaccess.

The GEA's unique approach involved broad and integrated analyses to identifycomprehensive solutions to our global energy challenges. In its publication, theGEA identifies the major energy challenges and evaluates the energy resourcesand technological options available to build sustainable energy systems andcombines components to create systems that enable a variety of sustainablefutures. Finally, the options for policies and investments needed to make thesefuture systems a reality are outlined.

The GEA is unprecedented in its ambition, complexity and scope and bringstogether diverse analytical perspectives from multiple disciplines and region todevelop new knowledge and understanding of energy challenges. Involving morethan 300 international experts from some 75 countries and an additional 200independent reviewers, GEA is a extremely valuable resource for energyspecialists in all sectors as well as policy makers, development economists,researchers, students, academicians and practitioners in internationalorganizations and national governments.