IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007
Climate Change 2007: Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change

3.3 Mitigation scenarios

3.3.1 Introduction

This section contains a discussion of methodological issues (Sections 3.3.23.3.4), followed by a focus on the main characteristics of different groups of mitigation scenarios, with specific attention paid to new literature on non-CO2 gases and land use (Sections 3.3.5.5 and 3.3.5.6). Finally, short-term scenarios with a regional or national focus are discussed in Section 3.3.6.