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Recommended Literature for Further Reading
Bhattacharyya SC (2011) Energy economics, concepts, issues, markets and governance. Springer,
London/Dordrecht/Heidelberg/New York. doi:
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BP (2013) Statistical review of world energy, June 2013 bp.com/statisticalreview
Deng YY et al (2012) Transition to a fully sustainable global energy system. Energy Strat Rev 
1(2):109-121. 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2012.07.003
Everett B, Boyle G, Peake S, Ramage J (eds) (2012) Energy systems and sustainability, power for 
a sustainable future, 2nd edn. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 978 0 19 959374 3
GEA (2012) Global energy assessment: toward a sustainable future. Cambridge University Press/
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Cambridge/New York/Luxemburg
Greenpeace, GWEC, EREC (2012) Energy [r]evolution. A sustainable world energy outlook.
Report 4th edition 2012 world energy scenario
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Boersma T, Johnson C (2013) Twenty years of US experience – lessons learned for Europe. In:
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BP (2013) Statistical review of world energy, June 2013. bp.com/statisticalreview
Conclusion: Energy Systems Can Become Increasingly Sustainable
Looking back, our energy systems have undergone several transitions in his-
tory, but we often tend to take present systems as given. It is probably safe to 
assume that if a transition can be made into sustainable energy systems, with 
some sufficiency in the use of energy services, future generations will not 
consider it strange or astounding that the provision of energy services in 2050 
or 2100 is, by some measure, sustainable.
Please discuss the following questions:
• How can sustainable energy systems be implemented?
• What needs to be done to achieve sustainable energy systems?
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Bulkeley H (2010) Cities and the governing of climate change. Annu Rev Environ Resour 35:229–253.
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1(2):109–121. 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2012.07.003
DGRV – German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation (2013) Energy Cooperatives, Findings
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Greenpeace, GWEC, EREC (2012) Energy [r]evolution. A sustainable world energy outlook.
Report 4th edition 2012 world energy scenario
IEA (2011) World energy outlook 2011. Energy for all, financing access for the poor. OECD/IEA,
Paris
IEA (2012) World energy outlook 2012. Part B focus on energy efficiency. OECD/IEA, Paris
IEA (2013) Energy policy highlights. OECD/IEA, Paris.
http://www.iea.org/publications/freepub-
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IPCC (2011). IPCC special report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation.
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O, Pichs-Madruga R, Sokona Y, Seyboth K, Matschoss P, Kadner S, Zwickel T, Eickemeier P,
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IPCC (2014) Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working
Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Waggoner PE, Ausubel JH (2002) A framework for sustainability science: a renovated IPAT identity.
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