sectoral competitiveness and carbon leakage impacts associated with a range of stylised mitigation policy scenarios. The … emission sources are covered, and when the climate mitigation policy is harmonised across countries. The results also show that …

adopted by 2015 and come into effect from 2020. An effective agreement would include quantitative mitigation commitments from …-term transformations to low-carbon and climate-resilient economies. The aim of this paper is to explore what mitigation commitments put … whether guidance could take the form of “bounded flexibility” for the various dimensions describing mitigation commitments in …

and analysing reliable data on mitigation costs and climate change impacts; identifying and addressing barriers to …

Sectoral approaches are proposed as a means to broaden the global scope of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation to … developing countries. Market mechanisms are put forward in that context to create incentives for mitigation in developing … countries beyond the existing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and to encourage mitigation at least possible cost. The …

current global GHG emissions, goals, projected future emission trends or mitigation actions and their effects.<P> This paper ….g. Annex I or non-Annex I); type of mitigation pledge (e.g. nation-wide emissions limit, sectoral goal, mitigation action); and … Annex I countries; short or medium-term mitigation goals and strategies (e.g. to 2020); progress in implementing such goals …

At COP 17 in Durban, countries defined a new market-based mechanism to promote cost-effective mitigation actions …, guided by a set of principles previously agreed at COP 16. These principles include “stimulating mitigation across broad … developed countries to meet part of their mitigation targets”. This paper explores the use of ambitious crediting baselines for …

The Bali Action Plan introduced the notion of linking GHG mitigation action in developing countries with support for … link that may be made between nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in developing countries and mitigation … mitigation support, or to one or both of the separate elements. This paper suggests a number of elements for a possible …