renewable energy and climate change

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Renewable Energy and
Climate Change
Coordinating Lead Authors:
William Moomaw (USA), Francis Yamba (Zambia)

Lead Authors:
Masayuki Kamimoto (Japan), Lourdes Maurice (USA), John Nyboer (Canada),
Kevin Urama (Kenya/Nigeria), Tony Weir (Fiji/Australia)

Contributing Authors:
Thomas Bruckner (Germany), Arnulf Jäger-Waldau (Italy/Germany),
Volker Krey (Austria/Germany), Ralph Sims (New Zealand), Jan Steckel (Germany),
Michael Sterner (Germany), Russell Stratton (USA), Aviel Verbruggen (Belgium),
Ryan Wiser (USA)

Review Editors:
Jiahua Pan (China) and Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (Belgium)

This chapter should be cited as:
Moomaw, W., F. Yamba, M. Kamimoto, L. Maurice, J. Nyboer, K. Urama, T. Weir, 2011: Introduction. In IPCC
Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation [O. Edenhofer, R. Pichs-Madruga,
Y. Sokona, K. Seyboth, P. Matschoss, S. Kadner, T. Zwickel, P. Eickemeier, G. Hansen, S. Schlömer, C.von Stechow
(eds)], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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Introduction

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The Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation

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Climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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