Technology Opportunities to Reduce U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Appendix B. Technology Pathways Characterization.

摘要

This appendix contains two-page descriptions of 47 climate change technology pathways that were judged to be sufficiently promising to warrant serious consideration. The attributes of the technologies comprising each pathway area were assessed independently. Each two- page pathway provides a technology description, describes current research, development, and demonstration activities, and presents one or more recent successes. Each pathway also discusses the prospects for commercialization and deployment of the technology and describes potential benefits and costs. Six types of risk factors are assessed and study recommendations in the form of key federal actions are made.