This book analyses the deep interaction between the world’s environmental crises, energy production, conversion and use, and global regulation policies.

 Bringing together experts from a wide range of scientific fields, it offers the reader a broad scope of knowledge on such topics as:



climate change and exhaustion of resources
the relationship between basic science and the development of sustainable energy technologies
the relationship between global and local environmental policies
the possible competition between foodstuff production and that of agro-fuels
urban adaptation
negotiations at the international level
financial rules 

This book invites the reader to consider the multidisciplinary aspects of these urgent energy/environmental issues.