Equal percentage reductions
Equal Percentage Reductions (Inertia)
All countries reducing by an equal percentage. So an American who might emit 20 tonnes CO2 per year would need to reduce that to say 18 tonnes next year and a Ugandan who might emit 0.2 tonnes per year would need to reduce that to 0.18 tonnes the next year. Thereby keeping inequalities locked into place.
UN Climate Conference Paris COP21 Approach
You would imagine that the Paris talks would look at the budget and consider how best to meet it and share the remaining emissions budget. Unfortunately, mentioning the budget is considered “too ambitious”. So instead countries have volunteered what they consider they will be able to achieve and the hope is that that will be sufficient.
The proposals put forward for the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris are a blend of 2. Equal per person (equity) and 3. Equal percentage reduction (Inertia). See below:
The proposals put forward for the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris are a blend of 2. Equal per person (equity) and 3. Equal percentage reduction (Inertia). See below:
As the equal percentage reduction approach discriminates against poor nations, rich nations are proposing to pay something towards the costs of carbon emission reductions and development in poor countries. This is what has previously been agreed at Kyoto in 1997 but there have been problems when it comes to actually parting with the money.
The Paris submissions have been analysed and found to probably keep the climate to 2.7˚C , far above the IPCC recommendation and into the realm of dangerous or run-away climate change. This is assuming they meet their reduction pledges.
The limitations and uncertainty around the Paris Conference is part of the reason for exploring what our current per person budget is and what we as individuals can achieve.
The Paris submissions have been analysed and found to probably keep the climate to 2.7˚C , far above the IPCC recommendation and into the realm of dangerous or run-away climate change. This is assuming they meet their reduction pledges.
The limitations and uncertainty around the Paris Conference is part of the reason for exploring what our current per person budget is and what we as individuals can achieve.