Climate change 2007: mitigation of climate change [full document]

Contribution of Working Group III to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The 'Climate change 2007', the latest assessment 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, including students and researchers, analysts and decision-makers in governments and the private sector.