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Towards Copenhagen 2009 and beyond - Emission Reduction Pledges by annex I and non-annex I countires

 

 

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an aggregate emission reduction by industrialised countries of between minus 25% and 40% over 1990 levels would be required by 2020 in order to stave off the worst effects of climate change, with global emissions falling by at least 50% by 2050. Even under this scenario, there would be an only a 50% chance of avoiding the most catastrophic consequences.

As a build up to the 2009 Climate Change conference in Copenhagen countries (developed and developing) have been making pledges towards meeting this goal. The responses to date show positive signs that the World is getting close to the limits that may ensure that the impending "catastrophic consequences" of global warming being predicted by the scientists are prevented. We have compiled the commitments made to date in the table below. This table will be updated as more and more countries make their commitments:

Emission Reduction Pledges by annex I and non-annex I countries

Annex I Countries

 

Pledges*

 
Australia 5% -25% in 2020 based on 2000 levels
 
Belarus 5% -10% in 2020 based on 1990 levels
Canada 20% in 2020; -60% -70% in 2050 based on 2006 levels
3% in 2020 based on 1990 levels

 

Croatia

 6% in 2020 based on 1990 levels

 

EU-27

 20% -30% in 2020; -80% -95% in 2050 based on 1990 levels

 

Iceland

 15% in 2020; -50% -75% in 2050 based on 1990 levels

 

Japan

 25% in 2020 based on 1990 levels

Liechtenstein
 

 20% -30% in 2020 based on 1990 levels

Monaco
 

 20% in 2020; -60% in 2050 based on 1990 levels

New Zealand
 

 10% -20% in 2020; -50% in 2050 based on 1990 levels

Norway
 

 30% -40% in 2020; -100% -100% in 2050 based on 1990 levels
30% -40% in 2020 based on 1990 levels

Russian Federation
 

 20% -25% in 2020; -50% in 2050 based on 1990 levels  

Switzerland


 

 20% -30% in 2020 based on 1990 levels  

Ukraine

 

 20% in 2020; -50% in 2050 based on 1990 levels

USA

 		 17% in 2020; -70% -83% in 2050 based on 2005 levels
3% in 2020 based on 1990 levels
 

Non Annex I countries

Brazil 

 		 36% -39% in 2020; -70% -83% in 2050 based on 2020 levels

China PR 

  
Reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 to 45 percent compared with the level of 2005.

 

Costa Rica

  
100% in 2021 based on 2021 levels

 

Indonesia

 26% -41% in 2020 based on a deviation from Business as Usual (BAU) scenario in 2020

Korea (Republic of,)

  
30% in 2020 based on 2020 levels

 

Maldives

  
100% in 2019 based on 2019 levels

 

Mexico

  
21% in 2020; -50% in 2050 based on 2020 levels

 

Singapore

  
16% in 2020 based on 2020 levels

 

*There are some conditions. Readers are asked to refer to the main source below for the conditions attached to some of these pledges. 

Main source: UNEP Emission Reduction Pledges

 

 
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