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Technical summary

Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Technical Summary
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Authors
Terry Barker (UK), Igor Bashmakov (Russia), LennyBernstein (USA), Jean E. Bogner (USA), Peter Bosch (The Netherlands), Rutu Dave (The Netherlands), Ogunlade Davidson (Sierra Leone), Brian S Fisher (Australia), Sujata Gupta (India), Kirsten Halsnæs (Denmark), BertJan Heij (The Netherlands), Suzana Kahn Ribeiro (Brazil), Shigeki Kobayashi (Japan), Mark D. Levine (USA), Daniel L. Martino (Uruguay), Omar Masera (Mexico), Bert Metz (The Netherlands), LeoMeyer (The Netherlands), Gert-Jan Nabuurs (The Netherlands), Adil Najam (Pakistan), Nebojsa Nakicenovic (Austria/Montenegro), Hans-Holger Rogner (Germany), Joyashree Roy (India), Jayant Sathaye (USA), Robert Schock (USA), Priayadarshi Shukla (India), Ralph E. H. Sims (New Zealand), Pete Smith (UK), Dennis A. Tirpak (USA), Diana Urge-Vorsatz (Hungary), Dadi Zhou (PR China)

Review Editor
Mukiri waGithendu (Kenya)

This Technical Summary should be cited as: Barker T., I. Bashmakov, L. Bernstein, J. E. Bogner, P. R. Bosch, R. Dave, O. R. Davidson, B. S. Fisher, S. Gupta, K. Halsnæs, G.J. Heij, S. Kahn Ribeiro, S. Kobayashi, M. D. Levine, D. L. Martino, O. Masera, B. Metz, L. A. Meyer, G.-J. Nabuurs, A. Najam, N. Nakicenovic, H. -H. Rogner, J. Roy, J. Sathaye, R. Schock, P. Shukla, R. E. H.Sims, P. Smith, D. A. Tirpak, D. UrgeVorsatz, D. Zhou, 2007: Technical Summary. In Climate change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [B. Metz, O. R. Davidson, P. R. Bosch, R. Dave, L. A. Meyer (eds)], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

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CONTENTS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 3 Framing issues ........................................................................................................................ 14 Issues related to mitigation in the long-term context.......................................................... 19 Energy supply ......................................................................................................................... 28 Transport and its infrastructure........................................................................................... 36 Residential and commercialbuildings.................................................................................. 43 Industry ................................................................................................................................... 51 Agriculture .............................................................................................................................. 58 Forestry................................................................................................................................... 64 Waste management ................................................................................................................ 71 Mitigation from a cross-sectoral perspective ....................................................................... 78 Sustainable Development andmitigation............................................................................. 86 Policies, instruments and co-operative agreements............................................................. 94 Gaps in knowledge................................................................................................................ 102

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Introduction

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Structure of the report, the rationale behind it, the...