Controlling Climate Change

By Bert Metz

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Book Contents

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Controlling Climate Change by Bert Metz, second printing (PDF, 22.6mb)

Chapters (black & white, PDF) from the second printing:

  • Cover and table of contents
  • Preface
  • 1: Climate change and its impacts: a short summary
  • 2: Greenhouse gas emissions
  • 3: Keeping climate change within sustainable limits
  • 4: Development first
  • 5: Energy supply
  • 6: Transportation
  • 7: Buildings
  • 8: Industry and waste management
  • 9: Land use, agriculture and forestry
  • 10: How does it fit together?
  • 11: Policies and measures
  • 12: International climate change agreements
  • Index


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Bert Metz, climate scientist, served as UN IPCC Mitigation co-chair for TAR & AR4. He is an adviser with the European Climate Foundation, and visiting professor at CEU Budapest. Get in touch through Twitter.

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News Blog

  • Is there a Reality Gap in the UNEP Emissions Gap Report? December 4, 2015
  • REVISED The collective impact of INDCs: why are there such different estimates for long-term global mean temperature increase? November 11, 2015
  • IPCC confirms that global temperature change can still be limited to less than 2°C, but current trends make it much more difficult April 16, 2014
  • Making a Pledge and Review system work: national green growth plans, policies and a different approach to equity December 18, 2013
  • The confusion about emission budgets for staying below 2°C November 22, 2013