Climate Change 2007, Volume 3: Mitigation of Climate Change Contribution of Working Group III to the IPCC 4th Assessment Report

About this book

The Climate Change 2007 volumes of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provide the most comprehensive and balanced assessment of climate change available.

This IPCC Working Group III volume provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art and worldwide overview of scientific knowledge related to the mitigation of climate change. It includes a detailed assessment of costs and potentials of mitigation technologies and practices, implementation barriers, and policy options for the sectors: energy supply, transport, buildings, industry, agriculture, forestry and waste management. It links sustainable development policies with climate change practices. This volume will again be the standard reference for all those concerned with climate change, including students and researchers, analysts and decision-makers in governments and the private sector.

Contents

Foreword
Preface
Summary for policymakers
Technical Summary

1. Introduction
2. Framing issues
3. Issues related to mitigation in the long term context
4. Energy supply
5. Transport and its infrastructure
6. Residential and commercial buildings
7. Industry
8. Agriculture
9. Forestry
10. Waste management
11. Mitigation from a cross sectoral perspective
12. Sustainable development and mitigation
13. Policies, instruments and co-operative agreements

Annex I: Glossary
Annex II: Acronyms, abbreviations and chemical compounds
Annex III: List of authors and reviewers
Index

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