Menu IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Mitigation of Climate Change Artwork credits 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. The Technical Summary (TS), the full Report Chapters, the Annexes and the Supplementary Materials are the Final Draft versions, and remain subject to revisions following the SPM approval, corrigenda, copy-editing, and layout. Although these documents still carry the note from the Final Government Distribution “Do Not Cite, Quote or Distribute” they may be freely published, as the report has now been approved and accepted. 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