Summary for Policy Makers: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report Renewable Energy Sources (SRREN)

Summary, in English

The Working Group III Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) presents an assessment of the literature on the scientific, technological, environmental, economic and social aspects of the contribution of six renewable energy (RE) sources to the mitigation of climate change. It is intended to provide policy relevant information to governments, intergovernmental processes and other interested parties. This Summary for Policymakers provides an overview of the SRREN, summarizing the essential findings. The SRREN consists of 11 chapters. Chapter 1 sets the context for RE and climate change; Chapters 2 through 7 provide information on six RE technologies, and Chapters 8 through 11 address integrative issues.

• Author: Dan Arvizu; Thomas Bruckner; John Christensen; Jean-Michel Devernay; Andre Faaij; Manfred Fischedick; Barry Goldstein; Gerrit Hansen; John Huckerby; Arnulf Jager-Waldau; Lars J Nilsson; Susanne Kadner; Daniel Kammen; Volker Krey; Arun Kumar; Antony Lewis; Oswaldo Lucon; Patrick Matschoss; Lourdes Maurice; Catherine Mitchell; William Moomaw; Jose Moreira; Alain Nadai; John Nyboer; Atiq Rahman; Jayant Sathaye; Janet Sawin; Roberto Schaeffer; Tormod Schei; Steffen Schlomer; Ralph Sims; Christoph von Stechow; Aviel Verbruggen; Kevin Urama; Ryan Wiser; Francis Yamba; Timm Zwickel
• Department/s: Environmental and Energy Systems Studies
• Publishing year: 2011
• Language: English
• Links: http://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/1050647
• Document type: Report
• Publisher: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
• Topic: Energy Systems
• Status: Published