Part I: Key issues 1. Introduction – Challenges of climate change and economic growth. 2. What is energy and why is it important for the economy? 3. Assessing the role of energy in long-term industrial change.
Part II: Long waves of energy-industrial change 4. Pre-industrial energy systems. 5. The first industrial revolution – water and steam power. 6. Electrification and the rise of oil. 7. Rise of the consumer society.
Part III: Implications for economic development 8. Energy and economic growth – a positive feedback system. 9. Insights for a low carbon energy transformation.
Part IV: Future challenges 10. Future energy pathways and issues. 11. Economic growth and beyond. 12. Can we rise to the challenge?