Climate change 2001 : mitigation / edited by Bert Metz ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Metz, Bert.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group III.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Physical Description:

x, 752 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Published for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [by] Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Summary:

IPCC assessment of the scientific, technical, environmental, economic, and social aspects of the mitigation of climate change.

Contents:

1. Setting the Stage: Climate Change and Sustainable Development 73

2. Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation Scenarios and Implications 115

3. Technological and Economic Potential of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction 167

4. Technological and Economic Potential of Options to Enhance, Maintain, and Manage Biological Carbon Reservoirs and Geo-engineering 301

5. Barriers, Opportunities, and Market Potential of Technologies and Practices 345

6. Policies, Measures, and Instruments 399

7. Costing Methodologies 451

8. Global, Regional, and National Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation 499

9. Sector Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation 561

10. Decision-making Frameworks 601

VI List of Major IPCC Reports 737.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521807697

0521015022

OCLC:

46640845