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.].
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- x, 851 p. : col. ills., col. maps ; 29 cm.
"Published for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- Preface -- Summary for policymakers -- Technical summary -- Introduction -- Framing issues -- Issues related to mitigation in the long term context -- Energy supply -- Transport and its infrastructure -- Residential and commercial buildings -- Industry -- Agriculture -- Forestry -- Waste management -- Mitigation from a cross sectoral perspective -- Sustainable development and mitigation -- 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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
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.