UNFCCC Agrees: Country Size Equivalent Carbon Footprints Don’t Need Targets

Well, not quite. But the co-chairs’ text removes any obligation for international aviation and shipping to set an emissions target. These sectors have CO2 emissions equal to the UK and Germany respectively. Moreover these sectors are set to grow by up to 300% by 2050, which would greatly undermine efforts to limit a temperature increase to 1.5°C. International aviation and shipping shouldn’t escape simply because their emissions aren’t assigned to a country.  Even worse is how this text also drops any reference to using these sectors as a source of climate finance. Both sectors get their fuel tax-free, and will … Continue reading UNFCCC Agrees: Country Size Equivalent Carbon Footprints Don’t Need Targets