Comparability of Annex I Emission Reduction Pledges
Comparability of Annex I Emission Reduction Pledges–WRI
Significant commitments to reduce developed country greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) will be central to the realization of an effective post-2012 climate treaty in Copenhagen this December.
As the negotiations among the 191 Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) near their climax, emission reduction pledges1 have been put forward by major industrialized countries and economic blocs.2 These include the European Union (EU), Japan, Russia, New Zealand, and Australia. The US House of Representatives has also passed a bill containing emission reduction commitments, although this has yet to become national policy.
This Working Paper presents a comparative analysis of these pledges, which was performed with two key aims:
- To enable negotiators from all countries to compare the emission reduction outcomes that would result from industrialized countries’ pledges; and
- To facilitate efforts to aggregate emission reduction pledges in order to calculate the global impact on the atmosphere.
From WRI.org.