CO2 emission allowances for typical allocation regimes and their equality assessments

WANG Lining; CHEN Wenying

PDF(1842 KB)

Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology) ›› 2015, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (6) : 672-677,683.

NUCLEAR AND NEW ENERGY ENGINEERING

CO₂ emission allowances for typical allocation regimes and their equality assessments

{{article.zuoZhe_EN}}

Author information +

History +

Abstract

The cumulative emissions data provided by the Summary for Policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (Working Group I) were used to calculate the carbon allowances for the main countries and regions during 2010-2100 for typical allocation schemes. The results show that each country's permitted discharges change with the various total constraints at different rates for each scheme. In addition, the scheme parameters also impact each country's quota. The allocation regimes are evaluated from the perspective of fairness to show that the regimes based on historical responsibilities more effectively reduce the inequities among global emissions to maintain reasonable rights for developing countries and that the regimes based on ability to pay more effectively reduce the emissions inequities between Annex I and non-Annex I groups.

Key words

climate change / Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report / carbon permit allocation / equity assessment

Cite this article

EndNote

Ris (Procite)

Bibtex

Download Citations

WANG Lining, CHEN Wenying. CO₂ emission allowances for typical allocation regimes and their equality assessments[J]. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology). 2015, 55(6): 672-677,683

References

[1] Baer P, Harte J, Haya B, et al. Equity and greenhouse gas responsibility [J]. Science, 2000, 289(5488): 2287.
[2] Höhne N, den Elzen M, Weiss M. Common but differentiated convergence (CDC): A new conceptual approach to long-term climate policy [J]. Climate Policy, 2006, 6(2): 181-199.[3] 何建坤, 陈文颖, 滕飞, 等. 全球长期减排目标与碳排放权分配原则 [J]. 气候变化研究进展, 2009, 5(6): 362-368. HE Jiankun, CHEN Wenying, TENG Fei, et al. Long-term climate change mitigation target and carbon permit allocation [J]. Advances in Climate Change Research, 2009, 5(6): 362-368. (in Chinese)
[4] 陈文颖, 吴宗鑫, 何建坤. 全球未来碳排放权“两个趋同”的分配方法 [J]. 清华大学学报: 自然科学版, 2005, 45(6): 850-853. CHEN Wenying, WU Zongxin, HE Jiankun. Two-convergence approach for future global carbon permit allocation [J]. Journal of Tsinghua University: Science and Technology, 2005, 45(6): 850-853. (in Chinese)
[5] Höhne N, den Elzen M, Escalante D. Regional GHG reduction targets based on effort sharing: A comparison of studies [J]. Climate Policy, 2014, 14(1): 122-147.
[6] den Elzen M, Höhne N. Reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in Annex I and non-Annex I countries for meeting concentration stabilization targets [J]. Climatic Change, 2008, 91(3): 249-274.
[7] Heil M T, Wodon Q T. Future inequality in CO₂ emissions and the impact of abatement proposals [J]. Environmental and Resource Economics, 2000, 17(2): 163-181.
[8] Padilla E, Serrano A. Inequality in CO₂ emissions across countries and its relationship with income inequality: A distributive approach [J]. Energy Policy, 2006, 34(14): 1762-1772.
[9] 滕飞, 何建坤, 潘勋章, 等. 碳公平的测度: 基于人均历史累计排放的碳基尼系数 [J]. 气候变化研究进展, 2009, 5(6): 362-368. TENG Fei, HE Jiankun, PAN Xunzhang, et al. How to measure carbon equity: Carbon Gini index based on historical cumulative emission per capita [J]. Advances in Climate Change Research, 2010, 5(6): 362-368. (in Chinese)
[10] World Resource Institute. Climate analysis indicators tool 9.0 database [Z/OL]. (2012-12-20), http://cait.wri.org/cait.php.
[11] World Bank. GDP [Z/OL]. (2012-12-20), http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.
[12] Department of Economic and Social Affairs of United Nations. World population prospects [Z/OL]. (2012-12-20), http://esa.un.org/wpp/unpp/panel_popula- tion.htm.
[13] CHEN Wenying, YIN Xiang, ZHANG Hongjun. Towards low carbon development in China: A comparison of national and global models [J]. Climatic Change, 2013(1): 1-14.
[14] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I. Summary for policymakers of climate change 2013: The physical science basis [Z/OL]. (2013-12-05), http://www.climatechange2013.org/images/report-/WG1AR5_SPM_FINAL.pdf.