Climate Negotiations from Indian Perspective
An international agreement will have to decide on principles of deciding which country should do what. The UNFCCC division of countries as annex I countries and non-annex I countries is no longer viable as many non-annex I countries have developed and have high levels of GHG emissions. International comparisons of emissions, mitigation efforts, energy efficiency and emission quotas were done to outline a number of alternative paradigms.
Four approaches were proposed in this report:
- A three-tier approach, differentiating higher and lower emitters among the non-Annexure I parties
- Sectoral approach where emission targets are set for sectors
- Carbon dioxide intensity (of GDP) approach to differentiate countries as shown in the figure.
- Focus on adaptation.
Supported by: Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India