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Green Energy Choices: The Benefits, Risks and Trade-Offs of Low-Carbon Technologies for Electricity Production - Summary for Policy Makers

dc.contributorInternational Resource Panel
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorInternational Resource Panel
dc.coverage.spatialGlobal
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T19:57:43Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T19:57:43Z
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-807-3490-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/7555
dc.descriptionThis report presents an assessment of the impacts of nine main electricity production technologies on human health, ecosystem health and resource use, taking a life-cycle approach. It covers coal and gas with and without CCS, photovoltaic power, concentrated solar power, hydropower, geothermal, and wind power.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.relation.ispartofIRP Reports
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectNATURAL GAS
dc.subjectWIND POWER
dc.subjectSOLAR ENERGY
dc.subjectPHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subject.classificationClimate Change
dc.subject.classificationResource Efficiency
dc.titleGreen Energy Choices: The Benefits, Risks and Trade-Offs of Low-Carbon Technologies for Electricity Production - Summary for Policy Makers
dc.typeReports, Books and Bookletsen_US
wd.identifier.old-id12020
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
wd.identifier.pagesnumber48 pages
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000041


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