Mitigation to Reduce Global Warming - IPCC Report

MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE - IPCC report

MITIGATION of climate change means taking climate risk-management action to reduce the  future impacts of global warming and climate change. There are many possible actions, from individual action to corporate action to local action to national action to an international treaty for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, all of which need to increase substantially in a portfolio of actions to lessen the increasingly dangerous impacts of climate change.

The detailed account of climate mitigation "What we can do" is HERE.

--------------- 

 MITIGATION - 2014 IPCC REPORT

The 2014 IPCC Mitigation Report, the Summary of which is here and is posted below, contains the most authoritative and exhaustive compendium available. 

“Climate policies in line with the two degrees Celsius goal need to aim for substantial emission reductions,” [the WG3 co-chairman] Edenhofer said. “There is a clear message from science: To avoid dangerous interference with the climate system, we need to move away from business as usual.”  Otherwise, although developing countries will be hit hardest by climate impacts, developed countries (including the US) will be hit very hard. For example: "Climate change could devastate US crop yields". There is no safe haven.

The 2014 IPCC Mitigation Report chapter list is below, available for free download. It updates the 2007 IPCC Mitigation Report, archived at the bottom of the page.

---------------------

IPCC Press Conference for Mitigation WG3 2014 Report

-----------------

IPCC Mitigation WGIII AR5 Summary-For-Policymakers

Go to top

---------------------

FULL 2014 WG3 MITIGATION REPORT

  1. Introductory Chapter - 2.0MB
  2. Integrated Risk and Uncertainty Assessment of Climate Change Response Policies - 1.1MB
  3. Social, Economic and Ethical Concepts and Methods - 1.3MB
  4. Sustainable Development and Equity - 1.2MB
  5. Drivers, Trends and Mitigation - 2.8MB
  6. Assessing Transformation Pathways - 5.2MB
  7. Energy Systems - 3.6MB
  8. Transport - 2.5MB
  9. Buildings - 8.9MB
  10. Industry - 2.8MB
  11. Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) - 4.3MB
  12. Human Settlements, Infrastructure and Spatial Planning - 4.9MB
  13. International Cooperation:Agreements and Instruments - 3.4MB
  14. Regional Development and Cooperation - 5.8MB
  15. National and Sub-national Policies and Institutions - 1.1MB
  16. Cross-cutting Investment and Finance Issues - 1.2MB

Go to top

---------------------

Archive - 2007 IPCC WG III (AR4) Mitigation Report


Contents (click on chapter to download free)

 

Go to top

---------------------

Last edit 17Sep2018

  • UNEP Green Economy initiative Featured Article UNEP Green Economy initiative UNEP Green Economy initiative

    HERE is the UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) Green Initiative. UNEP's ground-breaking report Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and... More »

  • Water-Based Renewable Energy Featured Blog Post Water-Based Renewable Energy Water-Based Renewable Energy

    Climate change is upon us, and is causing devastating effects already, with more to come.  One area it is affecting is our water resources (see... More »

Recently Updated
Quick one-liner rebuttals to contrarian claims Last Updated on 2018-11-26 08:41:36   The One-Liners Here is a list of quick one-line rebuttals to over 100 fallacious claims by contrarians/skeptics on the popular Skeptical Science website. They rebuttals are not intended to be complete, but simply to enable the respondent to "bat the ball back over the net" in an informal encounter with someone quoting a contrarian claim. As described HERE, most of these one-liners were written by Dr. Jan Dash, Director of the UU-UNO Climate Initiative, with some editing by John Cook, author of Skeptical Science. Details on the science at Skeptical Science are obtained by clicking on the one-line responses.  ----------------------- In THIS document of some historical interest (online HERE), the first line in a response labeled JWD is the one-liner summarizing the science by Jan Dash. The next lines labeled JC are the summary responses by John Cook, which he... More »
The Contrarians? Full article with references Last Updated on 2018-10-25 09:33:22   Climate Contrarians AKA climate science deniers or climate "faux" skeptics spread disinformation about climate and try to prevent responsible climate risk management. Information for this rather comprehensive article is drawn from the many sources and links in the text. Who are the contrarians? What is the contrarian Agenda? What do contrarians Say about global warming? [The "Four Fallacy Trenches"] What about Real Scientific Skepticism and contrarians? What are some Contrarian Tactics and Fallacies? What about "fringe" contrarian ideas? Aren't there some contrarians with credentials who disproved mainstream climate science? ANSWER = NO The Tobacco Analogy and the "Oregon Petition" What do contrarians misunderstand about Climate Risk Management? or WHY... More »
Carbon Capture and Storage (Sequestration) Last Updated on 2018-07-07 17:03:38   Carbon capture and storage (sequestration) or CCS Background on CCS  Will We Really Need Carbon Sequestration? Yes. Why? BUT there is a Big Caveat - we can't use CCS as an excuse not to mitigate directly What does Jim Hansen say? More Information for point carbon capture and storage Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR; Non-point capture) Agriculture and Forestry Sequestration What about Hemp for sequestration? What about Biochar for sequestration? Genetically engineered Bacteria and CCS And What About China's Use of Coal without sequestration? Other Examples of Carbon Sequestration Videos on CCS and coal plants Coal Phase-Out  References for Carbon Sequestration ---------------- Background on CCS  Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and sequestration (CCS) is a set of technologies... More »
Battery Development: Electricity Storage of the Future Last Updated on 2018-01-21 11:03:55 BATTERY DEVELOPMENT: Electricity Storage of the Future We have long relied on batteries for powering small electronic devices.  However, battery technology has evolved far past the AAAs we still use, and hold significant promise for transforming our present into a sustainable future.   Among the many places that battery technology is changing is for electric and hybrid vehicles.  For example, research is underway that shows semisolid fuel cell batteries hold significant advantages over current lithium ion battery designs – once the bugs are worked out.  Should today’s research be fully implemented, lithium ion batteries could hold over ten times as much energy.  Even further in the future, when battery development moves past lithium, the potential is greater still. The implications of advanced vehicle battery designs are potentially... More »
MIT Climatologist Kerry Emanuel castigates "Climategate" attacks Last Updated on 2017-03-29 21:41:30 The distinguished MIT climatologist Prof. Kerry Emanuel wrote a very hard-hitting essay: "Climategate": A Different Perspective, posted on the politically conservative National Association of Scholars NAS website on 7/19/10. Emanuel castigates the vicious right-wing attack on legitimate climate science that uses the pretext of the hacked emails and the minor IPCC report errors. This essay is extremely important. Click here for quotes. HERE is a video of Emanuel testifying recently before the Science and Technology Committee of the US House of Representatives:      Go to top ------------------ QUOTES from Emanuel's essay on climate" ...the scandal I see is very different from the one that has been presented to NAS members. Climategate is merely the latest in a series of coordinated, politically motivated attacks that represent an... More »