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Islands Diagnosis

Islands Diagnosis

Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 36
ISBN13: 9781522560029|ISBN10: 1522560025|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522587989|EISBN13: 9781522560036
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6002-9.ch001
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Catalina Spataru. "Islands Diagnosis." Transitioning Island Nations Into Sustainable Energy Hubs: Emerging Research and Opportunities, IGI Global, 2019, pp.1-36. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6002-9.ch001

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C. Spataru (2019). Islands Diagnosis. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6002-9.ch001

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Catalina Spataru. "Islands Diagnosis." In Transitioning Island Nations Into Sustainable Energy Hubs: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6002-9.ch001

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Abstract

In this chapter, the author provides an overview of the great challenges that islands are facing. It consists of an introductory part, raising environmental, economic, social, climate change, biodiversity, issues, etc. revealing the high risks to which island regions are exposed. It then discusses the way renewable energy exploitation can be a promising option for reaching sustainability objectives in general and coping with the above challenges in particular. This chapter exploits the information on peculiar challenges faced by islands nations with respect to sustainability, the proposed plans, challenges, and the issues raised by these challenges, the reaction in terms of projects and policy initiatives to cope with these challenges, and identification of sectors for paving a sustainable future of island nations. Despite the fact that numerous islands have presented and introduced target plans to advance renewable energy deployment, the policy design and execution is frequently lagging. Furthermore, there are still significant remaining things to be done.

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