Climate change 2007 - mitigation of climate change

Book · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:21017235

Metz, B; Davidson, O; Bosch, P; Dave, R; Meyer, L ^[1]

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This volume of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 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. 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. 300 figs., 50 tabs., 3 annexes.

• Research Organization: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva (Switzerland). Working Group III
• OSTI ID: 21017235
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BUILDINGS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CLIMATIC CHANGE
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENERGY SUPPLIES
FORESTRY
INDUSTRY
MITIGATION
POWER GENERATION
SECTORAL ANALYSIS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORT
WASTE MANAGEMENT