Infographics based on the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report part 3 illustrate the mitigation of climate change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the report of the Working Group III contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report in April 2014. It focuses on the mitigation of climate change. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the Ministry of the Enviroment have produced infographics on the key messages of the report. They can be freely used by the public and the media. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. The complete set of the infographics in one file
  2. Greenhouse gase emissions by region
  3. Greenhouse gas emissions by sector
  4. Current emission reduction pledges
  5. Mitigation potential
  6. Mitigation measures for the energy supply sector
  7. Mitigation measures for the building sector
  8. Mitigation measurs for the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector
  9. Mitigation measures for the transport sector
  10. Mitigation measures for the industry sector
  11. Cost of mitigation
  12. International cooperation

Authors

  • VTT
  • Ministry of the Environment

Note: When using the infographics, please cite the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the Finnish Ministry of the Environment, and Climateguide.fi as references.

The complete set of the infographics can be downloaded as PDF file, and the individual images are also available in JPG and PNG formats. The images have divided according to their themes under the headings in the table of contents.

The complete set of the infographics in one file

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Greenhouse gase emissions by region

Figure 1. Global carbon dioxide emissions in 1850-2010.

JPG | PNG

Figure 2. Carbon dioxide emissions of the OECD and Non-OECD countries: on the left, actual and projected total emissions, and on the right, projected per capita emissions.

JPG | PNG

Greenhouse gas emissions by sector

Figure 3. Global greenhouse gase emissions per sector in 1970-2010.

JPG | PNG

Figure 4. Greenhouse gas emissions per sector in the world and in Finland in 2010.

JPG | PNG

Current emission reduction pledges

Figure 5. Current pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and RCP greenhouse gas scenarios.

JPG | PNG

Mitigation potential

Figure 6. Projected greenhouse gas emissions per sector in 2050 (low emission level scenario) compared to the present day.

JPG | PNG

Mitigation measures for the energy supply sector

Figure 7. Projected increase in the global cargon dioxide emisions of the energy supply sector by 2050 without additional mitigation measures.

JPG | PNG

Figure 8. On the left, greenhouse gas emissions and costs of different energy technologies, and on the right migitation measures for the energy supply sector.

JPG | PNG

Mitigation measures for the building sector

Figure 9. Projected change in the global carbon dioxide emissions of the building sector by 2050 without additional mitigation measures.

JPG | PNG

Figure 10. On the left, the development of the energy consumption of the building sector in different regions on the left, and on the right, mitigation measures for the sector.

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Mitigation measurs for the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector

Figure 11. Projected change in the global carbon dioxide emissions of the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector by 2050 without additional mitigation measures.

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Figure 12. On the left, economic mitigation potentials in the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector by region in 2030, and on the right, examples of mitigation options for the sector.

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Mitigation measures for the transport sector

Figure 13. Demand for passenger transport (on the left) and for freight transport (on the right) by 2050. Vmennessä.

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Figure 14. On the left, projected increase in the global carbon dioxide emissions from the transport on the left, and on the right, migitation measures for the transport sector.

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Mitigation measures for the industry sector

Figure 15. Projected change in the global carbon dioxide emissions of the industry sector without additional mitigation measures.

JPG | PNG

Figure 16. On the left, the development of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions by 2010 compared toe 2010, and on the right, mitigation measures for the industry sector.

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Cost of mitigation

Figure 17. Mitigation costs in gross domestic prodcut required to keep the global temperature from increasing above two degrees.

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International cooperation

Figure 18. Policies and mechanisms of international climate politics.

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References

  1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, 2014. Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Edenhofer, O., Pichs-Madruga, R., Sokona, Y., Farahani, E., Kadner, S., Seyboth, K., Adler, A., Baum, I., Brunner, S., Eickemeier, P., Kriemann, B., Savolainen, J., Schlömer, S., von Stechow, C., Zwickel T. & Minx, J. C. (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom & New York, NY, USA. 1435 p. http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg3/

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