Mitigation Commitments and Fair Effort Sharing in a New Comprehensive Climate Agreement Starting 2020
In 2015, all countries are requested to submit their intended mitigation contributions (INDCs) for the new climate agreement which is to be agreed in December 2015. This report analyses the INDCs of 10 selected countries with regard to the question to what extent their mitigation targets are a fair share to globally necessary emission reductions. This analysis is based on different effort sharing approaches. Additionally, national mitigation potentials and mitigation costs as well as the economic development of the country is taken into consideration. Current climate politics and domestic challenges in implementing ambitious climate policies are also described for each country.