mitigation of climate change : contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Metz, Bert. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III. text bibliography enk Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2007 monographic eng

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x, 851 p. : col. ills., col. maps ; 29 cm. 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. It includes a detailed assessment of costs and potentials of mitigation technologies and practices, implementation barrier, and policy options for the sectors: energy supply, transport, building, industry, agriculture, forestry and waste management.--Publisher's description. 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 agreement -- Annex 1 : Glossary -- Annex 2 : Acronyms, abbreviations and chemical compounds -- Annex 3 : List of contributors -- Annex 4 : List of reviewers -- Index. edited by Bert Metz ... [et al.]. "Published for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change." Includes bibliographical references and index. Also issued electronically via the World Wide Web. Climatic changes Government policy Climatic changes International cooperation Greenhouse gas mitigation QC 981.8 C639m 2007 363.738742 9780521880114 (hbk.) 0521880114 (hbk.) 9780521705981 (pbk.) 0521705983 (pbk.) 2007282639 http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg3.htm http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007282639-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007282639-t.html http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg3.htm http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007282639-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007282639-t.html UKM 070827 20230410132756.0 83608