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Interpreting INDCs: Assessing Transparency of Post-2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets for 8 Top-Emitting Economies

Interpreting INDCs: Assessing Transparency of Post-2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets for 8 Top-Emitting Economies

Full Title: Interpreting INDCs: Assessing Transparency of Post-2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets for 8 Top-Emitting Economies
Author(s): Thomas Damassa, Taryn Fransen, Mengpin Ge, Krisztina Pjeczka
Publisher(s): World Resources Institute (WRI)
Publication Date: December 1, 2015
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Description (excerpt):

This paper evaluates the transparency of the greenhouse gas emissions targets presented in the INDCs of eight major emitters —Brazil, China, the European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the United States—which, together, contribute nearly two-thirds of annual global emissions. It finds that all 8 have made efforts to follow basic UNFCCC reporting guidelines, but that, in many cases, more information will be needed to fully understand the level of ambition in their greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. It also presents emissions trajectories for each country through 2030 which reflect estimated pathways to achieve the INDC target(s) and which highlight—and quantify, where possible—uncertainties in the intention of the INDC targets that are due to transparency gaps. It also suggests ways these countries can improve the transparency of their greenhouse gas emissions targets.

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