Climate Change, Human Impact and Green Energy Transformation

Part I. Some information on climate and emissions. World transformation on the example of Poland.- Chapter 1. Introduction - some facts and opinions.- Chapter 2. Some information on climate and emissions. Where are we heading?.- Chapter 3. CO2 emissions. Will the European Union become "Don Kichot" in a lonely fight?.- Chapter 4. Energy industry: Visions, forecasts, scenarios.- Chapter 5. Transformation in Poland. Scenarios. Controversies. Programs.- Chapter 6. Which energy mix for Poland and for other countries of the world based on coal energy. Part II. Human impact on progressive climate change, new trends in social behaviour in the fight against climate change.- Chapter 7. Afterthoughts and conclusions.- Chapter 8. Energy poverty.- Chapter 9. Smart cities.- Chapter 10. Industry 4.0 - the fourth industrial revolution.- Chapter 11. A few words to sum up.- Part III. Influence of technologies developed at IMP PAN on the process of energy transformation in Poland.- Chapter 12. Before we start.- Chapter 13. Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery in a nutshell.- Chapter 14. How to start the energy transformation.- Chapter 15. Technologies necessary to carry out the energy transformation.- Chapter 16. Other activities of the Institute for energy transformation.- Chapter 17. Summary and acknowledgments.