Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change (Third Part of IPCC's 6th Assessment Report)
by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | Originally published on 4 April 2022
The IPCC has finalized the third part of the Sixth Assessment Report, providing an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges, along with the sources of global emissions, in relation to long-term emissions reduction goals. Chapter 8 reviews key mitigation challenges, implications, and opportunities for urban systems and settlements.
The full list of chapters include:
- Chapter 1: Introduction and Framing
- Chapter 2: Emissions trends and drivers
- Chapter 3: Mitigation pathways compatible with long-term goals
- Chapter 4: Mitigation and development pathways in the near- to mid-term
- Chapter 5: Demand, services and social aspects of mitigation
- Chapter 6: Energy systems
- Chapter 7: Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU)
- Chapter 8: Urban systems and other settlements
- Chapter 9: Buildings
- Chapter 10: Transport
- Chapter 11: Industry
- Chapter 12: Cross sectoral perspectives
- Chapter 13: National and sub-national policies and institutions
- Chapter 14: International cooperation
- Chapter 15: Investment and finance
- Chapter 16: Innovation, technology development and transfer
- Chapter 17: Accelerating the transition in the context of sustainable development
Access the full report, summary for policymakers, technical summary, individual chapters, and annexes here: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/
Download the PDF of the summary for policymakers in the attached document.