![]() The DRC approach is that the ‘per capita principle’ should be applied equally to past, as well as future, emissions. However, Garnaut and the DRC differ on implementation. This principle was also embraced by Australia’s Garnaut Climate Change Review, which acknowledged that ‘any allocative formula that does not base long-term emissions rights on population has no chance of being accepted by most developing countries.’ The DRC, referencing the general principle that no one country should impose ‘external emission harm to any others’, considers this is only possible ‘if and only if each country’s per capita emissions are equal’. The DRC proposal seeks to establish principles both reliable, and acceptable to greater participation (aiming for equal per capita emissions). This can be contrasted with a collection of ‘end-period’ emission goals so far announced by governments that say little about the required emissions path. Timing variations in timing would need to be large to have material environmental impacts’. ![]() A recent proposal from the Chinese State Council’s Development Research Center (DRC) is important since it represents one of the first serious developing country proposals acknowledging the need for a ‘carbon budget’ approach.Īs a ‘first step’ Protocol, the Kyoto Protocol understandably did not set a carbon budget, even for developed countries. Post-2012 agreements will need to provide a framework for achievement – an approach allowing for ‘inter-temporal tradeoffs and smoothing. Developing countries’ commitments were included in the leaked ‘Danish text’.įrom the establishment of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), discussions have revolved around implementing the ‘common but differentiated responsibility’ principle enshrined in the Convention, and since then the Kyoto Protocol and Bali Roadmap. This may mean documenting developing countries’ policy measures, but it may also involve setting major players’ emissions trajectories, to arrive at an agreed global ‘carbon budget’. While at this stage, developing countries are reluctant to agree on binding emissions reductions, many academics argue the need for certainty of emissions levels for all. The hot topic at the Copenhagen UN Climate Change talks is the arm wrestle over balancing commitments between developed and developing countries. ![]() Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific ![]()
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