30
Oct
Understanding fossil fuel consumption growth: why history matters
Tuesday 30 Oct 2018 | Slides available
This talk proposes ways of studying fossil fuel consumption through the lens of global history. Study of technological systems, the social and economic systems in which they are embedded, and the interactions between these, can yield insights. These types of history may help us to understand, first, the context for the political history of the international climate negotiations, and, second, [...]
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