Sharing the burden of greenhouse gas mitigation
report
This report presents an overview of the major findings of the jointCICERO-ECN project on the issue of differentiation of greenhouse gas emission mitigation targets among countries after the so-called first budget period of the Kyoto Protocol (2008-2012). More particularly, the report provides <ol> <li> an analysis of the main principles of fairness relevant to the issue of differentiating emission mitigation targets among countries <li> a brief evaluation of several burden sharing proposals launched since the mid-1990s <li> a new, multi-sector convergence framework in support of future negotiations to reach agreement on national greenhouse gas emission mitigation targets <li> an indication of its cost implications, and <li> some concluding remarks and suggestions for further research. </ol>
TNO Identifier
822387
Publisher
ECN
Collation
58 p.
Place of publication
Petten
Pages
58 p.
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