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Carmen Bunzl - Universidad Pontificia Comillas

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Chapter 2. Options for future climate change architectures 68<br />

Advanced developing<br />

countries<br />

+ Unknown, but could benefit due to low<br />

historical responsibility, while having high<br />

per capita emissions.<br />

Group of 77 + They supported the approach; but for some<br />

developing countries due to high emissions<br />

from deforestation.<br />

Russia 0 Unknown.<br />

USA 0 No position known, but USA’s historical<br />

responsibility may be smaller than that of the<br />

EU.<br />

Japan 0 Unknown.<br />

Other umbrella group<br />

countries<br />

0 Unknown.<br />

EU 0 They supported the official discussion on it;<br />

Strengths and Weaknesses<br />

on the other hand, EU countries have<br />

relatively high historical responsibility.<br />

It is the only proposal made officially by a developing country, and the only<br />

one that is still officially discussed under the UNFCCC. As it was brought<br />

forward by a developing country, it is attractive to be pursued further. It is<br />

compatible with the Kyoto Protocol, regarding reporting and the flexible<br />

mechanisms.<br />

The original method can only be applied to absolute emission reductions. If<br />

Non-Annex I countries do not participate until their contribution to climate<br />

change is equal to that of Annex I countries, stringent goals can not be reached.<br />

The Brazilian Proposal needs to be further developed for the global scale to<br />

Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería ICAI <strong>Carmen</strong> <strong>Bunzl</strong> Boulet Junio 2008

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