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Climate change 2007 : mitigation of climate change : contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / edited by Bert Metz ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.Description: x, 851 p. : col. ills., col. maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780521880114 (hbk.)
  • 0521880114 (hbk.)
  • 9780521705981 (pbk.)
  • 0521705983 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.738742
LOC classification:
  • QC 981.8 C639m 2007
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued electronically via the World Wide Web.
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 agreement -- Annex 1 : Glossary -- Annex 2 : Acronyms, abbreviations and chemical compounds -- Annex 3 : List of contributors -- Annex 4 : List of reviewers -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QC 981.8 C639m 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000075883

"Published for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

Also issued electronically via the World Wide Web.

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