Nanotechnology and Climate Change

Here is a new report (from the United Nations University) called “Innovation in Responding to Climate Change: Nanotechnology, Ocean Energy and Forestry” by Miguel Esteban, Christian Webersik, David Leary and Dexter Thompson-Pomeroy .

This report offers three innovative solutions in responding to climate change, namely nanotechnology, ocean energy and forestry. It goes beyond the technological, biological and procedural aspects of these solutions by critically assessing the opportunities and challenges that each type of innovation presents. This report addresses the question why these innovations - despite their large potential to reduce emissions, ocean energy alone could cover the world's electricity needs - have not yet reached the stage of mass commercialization.
UNU-IAS, November 2008, 46 pages

The section on nanotechnology (pages 10-18) is worth a read.
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It examines:

• What is nanotechnology;
• The main fields of nanotechnology R&D and commercialisation relevant to climate change mitigation;
• Nanotechnology and the hydrogen economy;
• Nanotechnology, solar power and photovoltaics,
• Nanotechnology and energy storage (the next generation of batteries);
• regulatory implications of the use of nanotechnolgy in new climate change mitigation technologies; and
• Further research required on the role of nanotechnology in responding to climate change.

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