Browsing Geography (Book Chapters) by Subject "Energy policy"

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    • Framing the sustainable energy challenge and implications for solutions 

      Jensen, Charlotte; Røpke, Inge; Goggins, Gary; Fahy, Frances (Palgrave Pivot, Cham, 2019-06-08)
      Sustainable consumption policies often rely on ecological modernisation rationality, where the focus is usually on making current consumption patterns more sustainable in such a way that status quo (ideas about the quality ...

    • An introduction to energy demand challenges in Europe 

      Fahy, Frances; Goggins, Gary (Palgrave Pivot, Cham, 2019-06-08)
      This opening chapter calls for greater attention to energy demand challenges in Europe. It argues that many obstacles and opportunities in achieving the so-called energy transition are social and cultural in nature and ...

    • Reducing residential carbon emissions in Ireland: Challenges and policy responses 

      Goggins, Gary; Fahy, Frances; Heaslip, Eimear (Palgrave Pivot, Cham, 2019-06-08)
      Carbon emissions from the residential sector in Ireland are higher than the European average and are rising. This is a concern in a country already struggling to meet its agreed climate targets. In this chapter, the authors ...