Summary

With industrial activity and population expected to increase throughout the rest of the century, large increases in greenhouse gas emissions are projected, with additional and potentially substantial subsequent global warming predicted with a focus on power generation mitigation options, and research and development priorities. This handbook provides a succinct integration of the best knowledge of the projected warming the Earth is likely to experience in the decades ahead, the emission reductions that may be needed to constrain this warming to tolerable levels, and the technologies potentially available to help achieve these emission reductions.