Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on carbon dioxide equivalence -- About the Authors -- Introduction: Future Scene -- Chapter One Take Hold of the Future -- Size of the problem -- Cost is the number one issue -- The 40 trillion green tech boom -- We have all the tools we need -- Need for courageous decisions now -- Scale up to get costs down -- Annual spend of 500 billion on green innovation -- Great ideas to change the world -- Chapter Two Alternative Power Generation -- We need to build four times the power output of the United States by 2030 -- Wind, water and solar could supply 100 per cent of global energy, replacing all fossil fuel use -- Solar power takes off -- Why wind power will dominate our future -- Waves and tide are hard to use -- The importance of hydroelectric power -- Power from hot rocks - geothermal -- Heading towards a carbon-free world -- Chapter Three Cleaner Coal, Oil and Gas -- Cleaner electricity from coal, oil or gas -- Zero-carbon coal burning? -- What price for a barrel of oil? -- Methane to power the future or poison the planet? -- Biofuels - great promise or great curse? -- Chapter Four Smart Power and the Nuclear Boom -- Managing peak demand means cheaper power -- Next-generation nuclear boom -- Nuclear fusion - unlimited power with lower risks -- Chapter Five Beter Cars, Trucks, Trains, Planes and Ships -- Revolution on the roads -- Better trucks for freight delivery -- Buses and coaches - instant extra transport capacity -- Bicycles can transport a million people a day -- Faster rail passengers and slow freight -- The future of air travel -- Ships can use (even) less fuel -- Keeping freight moving - logistics -- Chapter Six Future Cities: Lower carbon to carbon-free -- From low carbon to zero-emission cities -- Summary -- Chapter Seven Green product development and IT.

Recycling saves raw materials and energy -- Reforming the digital world - green IT -- Virtual teams and virtual working - impact on travel -- Chapter Eight Solving the Water Crisis -- Innovations to save water -- Reduce water use on farms -- Dams - vital to the future but often attacked -- Chapter Nine Protecting and Managing Forests -- Make sure forests are worth more alive than dead -- Paper and cardboard packaging industry - friend or enemy of forests? -- Chapter Ten Feeding the Whole World -- Population growth will fall -- Food and farming -- The future of the sea and fishing -- Chapter Eleven Funding Green Tech -- How to get funding for your green innovation -- Offsetting - a source for green funding -- Chapter Twelve Busines Agility and Innovation -- The puzzle of innovation -- Open innovation - share ideas faster -- So what about sustainable innovation? -- Isolate or integrate innovation teams? -- Summary -- Afterword: Ten Steps to Profitable sustainability -- New consumers for a green tech world -- Myths that stop action -- Ten steps for your company -- Ten steps for governments -- Finally… 12 things we can all do as a consumer -- Further Information -- Global Change Ltd -- Globe Forum - Innovation Market Place -- Notes -- Index.