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Contribution of Working Group III to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Edited by Bert Metz, Ogunlade Davidson, Rob Swart and Jiahua Pan

This report assesses all available information on the science of climate change, in particular that arising from human activities. In performing its assessments the WGIII is concerned with the scientific, technical, environmental, and economic and social aspects of mitigation of climate change.

Key Features:

  • Makes clear there are strong inter-linkages between climate change policy and policies towards sustainable development.
  • Assesses information on technological options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or enhance their sinks.
  • Analyses technologies and practices available to achieve the targets of the Kyoto Protocol and stabilise atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases.
  • Evaluates barriers impeding implementation of these options and methods available to overcome them.
  • Summarises the economic literature on costs of climate change mitigation at global, regional and national levels.
  • Evaluates the other benefits that climate policy can deliver or the climate benefits of other socio-economic policies.
  • Assesses how this information can be used to support climate policy decision making, acknowledging various decision-making frameworks.

Climate Change 2001: Mitigation

Binding: Paperback (Hardback) | Bibliographic information: 279 x 215 mm, 700 pages, 50 colour plates, 15 halftones, 100 line diagrams, 75 tables

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For more information on Working Group III and their activities, visit their website at http://www.rivm.nl/env/int/ipcc/