Introduction
The third part of the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change
2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, the Working Group III
contribution was due to be published early on Monday 4 April 2022.
However, as a result of disagreements between major polluters on
issues such as the definitions and relative responsibilities of
developed and developing countries, as well as disagreements on the
phase out of fossil fuel subsidies, the report was finalised with a
six-hour postponement.
The IPCC has issued its final warning in this report that global
emissions must peak by 2025 to stop the impact of the climate
crisis. It warns that if global CO2 emissions continue
at current rates without strengthening the policies beyond those
that were implemented by the end of 2020, GHG emissions are
projected to rise beyond 2025, leading to a median global warming
of 3.2°C by 2100. Countries announced nationally determined
contributions (NDCs) prior to COP26 in an effort to put
