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Comparison of International Climate Policy - Approaches for Post 2012 |
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Written by Prof. Dr. Joachim Willms [Managing Director]
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Wuppertal Institute: KyotoPlus - Papers:
Comparison of International Climate Policy - Approaches for Post 2012
by Niklas Höhne, Ecofys
Introduction
With the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, the second round of commitments moved to the centre stage of the international negotiating agenda on climate change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). For the first commitment period from 2008-2012 OECD countries and economies in transition, the so-called Annex I countries, have accepted binding emission targets for greenhouse gases (GHG). Developing countries (non-Annex I countries) have no such commitments but may host emission reduction projects through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Nevertheless, reaching the ultimate objective of the UNFCCC, “to achieve … stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” (UNFCCC 1992) will only be possible, if emission reductions are intensified and participation in those reductions is broadened.
This paper presents an overview of approaches for international climate policy after 2012. First, it addresses the requirement for stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in general and related global emission and concentration levels. Then, it describes and assesses various approaches to further develop the Kyoto Protocol, followed by some conclusions.
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TF: Climate Change 
