Climate Change 2007 - Mitigation of Climate Change

Foreword; Preface; Summary for policymakers; Technical Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Framing issues; 3. Issues related to mitigation in the long term context; 4. Energy supply; 5. Transport and its infrastructure; 6. Residential and commercial buildings; 7. Industry; 8. Agriculture; 9. Forestry; 10. Waste management; 11. Mitigation from a cross sectoral perspective; 12. Sustainable development and mitigation; 13. Policies, instruments and co-operative agreements; Annex I: Glossary; Annex II: Acronyms, abbreviations and chemical compounds; Annex III: List of authors and reviewers; Index.

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