Share

Emissions scenarios: summary for policymakers. A special report of IPCC Working Group III.

Author(s) : IPCC, WMO, ONU Environnement (ex-PNUE), NAKICENOVIC N., DAVIDSON O., DAVIS G., et al.

Type of monograph: Report

Summary

The scenarios cover a wide range of the main driving forces of future emissions, from demographic to technological and economic developments. They include the range of emissions of all relevant species of greenhouse gases and sulphur and their driving forces. Extract from the table of contents: Why new IPCC scenarios? What are scenarios and what is their purpose? What are the main characteristics of the new scenarios? What are the main driving forces of the greenhouse gas emissions in the scenarios? What is the range of greenhouse gas emissions in these scenarios and how do they relate to driving forces? How can these scenarios be used? What future work on emissions scenarios would be useful? List of IPCC outputs.

Details

  • Original title: Emissions scenarios: summary for policymakers. A special report of IPCC Working Group III.
  • Record ID : 2001-0595
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment, General information
  • Publication: IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) - Switzerland/Switzerland
  • Publication date: 2000
  • ISBN: 9291691135
  • Source: Source: 21 p. (21.5 x 27.9); fig.; tabl.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

Indexing