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Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future
Foreword
Contents
Study Panel
Preface
Report Review
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
1. The Sustainable Energy Challenge
2. Energy Demand and Efficiency
3. Energy Supply
4. The Role of Government and the Contribution of Science and Technology
5. The Case for Immediate Action
Annex A. Study Panel Biographies
Annex B: Acronyms and abbreviations
Annex C: Common energy unit conversion factors and unit prefixes
Annex D: List of boxes, figures, and tables


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Study Panel

Co-Chair
United States), Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
José GOLDEMBERG (Brazil), Professor, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Members
Shem ARUNGU OLENDE (Kenya), Secretary-General, African Academy of Sciences & Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Quecosult Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya
Mohamed EL-ASHRY (Egypt), Senior Fellow, UN Foundation, Washington D.C., USA
Ged DAVIS (United Kingdom), Co-President, Global Energy Assessment, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
Thomas JOHANSSON (Sweden), Professor of Energy Systems Analysis and Director, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), University of Lund, Sweden
David KEITH (Canada), Director, ISEEE Energy and Environmental Systems Group, and Professor and Canada Research Chair of Energy and the Environment, University of Calgary, Canada
LI Jinghai (China), Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Nebosja NAKICENOVIC (Austria), Professor of Energy Economics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria & Leader of Energy and Technology Programs, IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), Laxenburg, Austria
Rajendra PACHAURI (India), Director-General, The Energy & Resources Institute, New Delhi, India & Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Majid SHAFIE-POUR (Iran), Professor and Board member, Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Iran
Evald SHPILRAIN (Russia), Head, Department of Energy and Energy Technology, Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
Robert SOCOLOW (United States), Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Kenji YAMAJI (Japan), Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo, Member of Science Council of Japan, Vice-Chair of IIASA Council, Chairman of the Green Power Certification Council of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
YAN Luguang (China), Chairman, Scientific Committee of Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Honorary President, Ningbo University, Beijing, China

Staff
Jos van RENSWOUDE, Study Director
Dilip AHUJA, Consultant
Marika TATSUTANI, Writer/Editor
Stéphanie A. JACOMETTI, Communications Coordinator

 


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