Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change

The Working Group III report provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges, and examines the sources of global emissions. It explains developments in emission reduction and mitigation efforts, assessing the impact of national climate pledges in relation to long-term emissions goals.

Summary for Policymakers

The Summary for Policymakers (SPM) provides a high-level summary of the key findings of the Working Group III Report and is approved by the IPCC member governments line by line.

Technical Summary

The Technical Summary (TS) provides extended summary of key findings and serves as a link between the comprehensive assessment of the Working Group III Report and the concise SPM.

Full Report

The 17 Chapters of the Working Group III Report assess the mitigation of climate change, examine the sources of global emissions and explain developments in emission reduction and mitigation efforts.

Frequently Asked Questions

The collection of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) contains a set of FAQs for each Chapter (also available within the Chapter) and provides a compilation of all the FAQs in a single document.

Fact Sheets

The WG III sectoral fact sheets give a snapshot of key findings for different sectors as distilled from the relevant Chapters.

Chapters

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

Annexes

ANNEX I

Glossary

ANNEX II

Definitions, units and conventions

ANNEX III

Scenarios and modelling methods

ANNEX IV

Contributors to the IPCC WGIII Sixth Assessment Report

ANNEX V

Expert Reviewers of the IPCC WGIII Sixth Assessment Report

ANNEX VI

Acronyms

Index