Climate Change 2007 – Mitigation

[i]Fourth Assessment report[/i] Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Published for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change “Climate Change 2007 – Mitigation”, the third volume of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), provides an in-depth analysis of the costs and benefits of different approaches to mitigating and avoiding climate change. In the first two volumes of the “Climate Change 2007” Assessment Report, the IPCC analyses the physical science basis of climate change and the expected consequences for natural and human systems. The third volume of the report presents an analysis of costs, policies and technologies that could be used to limit and/or prevent emissions of greenhouse gases, along with a range of activities to remove these gases from the atmosphere. It recognizes that a portfolio of adaptation and mitigation actions is required to reduce the risks of climate change. It also has broadened the assessment to include the relationship between sustainable development and climate change mitigation. Climate Change 2007 Mitigation Preface and Foreword Summary for Policymakers (632 KB) Technical Summary (2.5 MB) Chapter 1: Introduction (527 KB ) Chapter 2: Framing Issues (865 KB) Chapter 3: Issues related to mitigation in the long-term context (2.5 MB) Chapter 4: Energy Supply (4.3 MB) Chapter 5: Transport and its infrastructure (1.2 MB) Chapter 6: Residential and commercial buildings (1.1 MB) Chapter 7: Industry (664 KB) Chapter 8: Agriculture (1 MB) Chapter 9: Forestry (1.6 MB) Chapter 10: Waste management (961 KB) Chapter 11: Mitigation from a cross-sectoral perspective (1.2 MB) Chapter 12: Sustainable Development and mitigation (677 KB) Chapter 13: Policies, instruments, and co-operative arrangements (897 KB) Annex I: Glossary Annex II: Abbrevations, Chemical Symbols Annex III: Contributors to the report Annex IV:Reviewers of the report Annex V: Index For more information: http://www.mnp.nl/ipcc/pages_media/AR4-chapters.html