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Contents
Summary
Key Background information
- Status under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change:
- Member of which negotiating group(s):
- Greenhouse gas emission reduction target:
- under the Kyoto Protocol:
- which the government is proposing be adopted for 2020:
- which the government is proposing be adopted for 2050:
History in negotiations on the convention to 2008
Ranking in Climate Change Performance Index 2008
Greenhouse gas emissions profile and trends
- Energy sector:
- Transport:
- Residential:
- Industry:
National Policy Performance
What are the key policies the national government are promoting to addressing greenhouse gas emissions:
Energy
- Energy Efficiency:
- Electricity generation:
- Renewable energy target:
- New coal-fired power stations:
- Carbon Capture and Storage:
- Nuclear power:
Transport
Industry
Residential
Key Positions in the Negotiations Leading to COP 15
Links
Lead government Agency
Official national government reports to UNFCC
Annex 1 countries are required to submitted 'national communications' to the UNFCCC to report on progress in implementing the convention as are those that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol.
Key National Non-Government Organizations Advocating Cutting Greenhouse Emissions
Key Industry Organizations Lobbying Against an Effective Global Agreement
- ↑ Jan Burck, Christoph Bals, Marisa Beck and Elisabeth Rüthlein, Climate Change Performance Index 2008: A comparison of the 56 top CO2 emitting nations, December 2007. (Large Pdf).
