Special Reports
Special Report Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
At the 25th Session of the IPCC, held in Mauritius from 26-28 April, 2006 it was decided to carry out a scoping meeting for a possible IPCC Special Report on the contribution of renewable energy sources to the mitigation of climate change. At the 28th IPCC Plenary in Budapest, 9-10 April, 2008 the Scoping Paper for the Special Report was accepted with modifications and the Plenary approved the development of a Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) by WG III. The goal of the SRREN is to assess existing literature on the future potential of renewable energy for the mitigation of climate change. It covers the six most important renewable energy technologies, as well as their integration into present and future energy systems, the environmental and social consequences associated with them, cost considerations and strategies to overcome technical as well as non-technical obstacles to their application and diffusion. Subsequent to the 28th IPCC Plenary, a full nominations process was carried out in accordance with IPCC Principles and Procedures, SRREN Coordinating Lead Authors and Lead Authors were selected, and the first SRREN Lead Author Meetings were held. Approval of the SRREN by the IPCC Plenary is expected in February, 2011, and its final publication in late spring, 2011.
Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, 2005
Carbon
dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) is a process consisting of the
separation of CO2 from industrial and energy-related sources, transport
to a storage location and long-term isolation from the atmosphere. This
report considers CCS as an option in the portfolio of mitigation
actions for stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.
Special
Report on Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System:
Issues Related to Hydrofluorocarbons and Perfluorocarbons, 2005
The
report contains a brief summary of relevant findings regarding the
relation of ozone layer depletion and global warming. Furthermore, it
has information on options to replace ozone-depleting substances that
simultaneously contribute to the objective of the Climate Convention
and the Montreal Protocol, and finally there is publicly available
information on currently installed and planned global production
capacities and a summary of available demand and emission projections
of HFCs and PFCs.
Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, 2000
The
long-term nature and uncertainty of climate change and its driving
forces require scenarios that extend to the end of the 21st century.
This Report describes the IPCC scenarios and how they were developed.
The SRES scenarios cover a wide range of the main driving forces of
future emissions, from demographic to technological and economic
developments.
Special Report on Technology Transfer, 2000
The
report addresses the technology transfer problem in the context of
climate change while emphasizing the sustainable development
perspective. A number of social, economic, political, legal, and
technological factors influence the flow and quality of technology
transfer.
Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry, 2000
This
is a report examining the scientific and technical state of
understanding for carbon sequestration strategies related to land use,
land-use change, and forestry activities and relevant Articles of the
Kyoto Protocol. It discusses the global carbon cycle and how different
land use and forestry activities currently affect standing carbon
stocks and emissions of greenhouse gases. It also looks forward and
examines future carbon uptake and emissions that may result from
employing varying definitional scenarios and carbon accounting
strategies, linked to the Kyoto Protocol, within the forestry and
land-use sectors.
Special Report on Aviation, 1999
The
report considers all the gases and particles emitted by aircraft into
the upper atmosphere and the role that they play in modifying the
chemical properties of the atmosphere and initiating the formation of
condensation trails (contrails) and cirrus clouds. The report then
considers (a) how the radiative properties of the atmosphere can be
modified as a result, possibly leading to climate change, and (b) how
the ozone layer could be modified, leading to changes in ultraviolet
radiation reaching the Earth’s surface.
