Table of Contents

Energy and Economic Growth.- Win-Win Strategies for Tackling Oil and Natural Gas Constraints while Expanding Renewable Energy Use.- After the Fossil Era.- Biomass or Biomess? The promises and Limits of Bioenergy.- Cost and Environmental Effectiveness of the Climate Change Mitigation Measures.- Sustainable Environmental Management in Croatia – Waste and Climate Change.- Studying the “Addiction to Oil” of Developed Societies Using the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal Metabolism (MSIASM).- Systemic Economic Instruments for Energy, Climate, and Global Security.- Sustainability and Economic Feasibility of Combinations of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and Fossil Fuels For Production of Heat And Electricity.- Third Party Financing: New Financial Tools for Energy Efficiency – An International Perspective.- Vital Problems of Human Development, Indicators and Eco-Centric Solutions.- Lifestyles, Energy, and Sustainability: The Exploration of Constraints.- Approaches to Sustainable Energy Consumption Patterns.- Energy, Environment and Security in Eastern Europe.- Capacity Building for Sustainable Energy Access in the Sahel/Sahara Region: Wind Energy as Catalyst for Regional Development.- Bio-diesel and/or Hydrogen in Croatia – Challenge and Necessity.- Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research for Future Markets.- Hydrogen Production from Biomass.- PV Large Scale Rural Electrification Programs and the Development of Desert Regions.- Life Cycle Impacts and Total Costs of Present and Future Photovoltaic Systems: State-of-the Art and Future Outlook of a Strategic Technology Option for a Sustainable Energy System.- Integrated Systems and Zero Emission Production Patterns in Agriculture, Industry and the Energy Sector – Why “GREEN” is not Enough.- Biorefinery:Biomaterials and Bioenergy from Photosynthesis, within Zero Emission Framework.- Geographical Information System (GIS) and Emergy Synthesis Evaluation of Urban waste Management.- Elements of Global Roadmap for Climate Sustainability: Factors Affecting the Reduction of CO2 Emissions.- Carbon Management for Secure Communities.