Copenhagen commitments and implications: A comparative analysis of India and China

Comparing the Copenhagen Emissions Targets

“…Examples include den Elzen et al (2010), Houser (2010), Levin and Bradley (2010), McKibbin et al (2010), Schleich et al (2010),Vazhayil (2010). Most of these studies look at only a subset of countries or metrics included in the present paper.…”

Climate agreements and India: aligning options and opportunities on a new track

“…There is debate in the literature on whether the target of India will effectively require some additional action or will be achieved spontaneously, as economic growth brings along energy efficiency improvements (UNEP 2010, Tavoni 2010, Stern and Jotzo 2010, Vazhayil and Balasubramanian 2010Massetti this issue). However, the position taken in Copenhagen clearly marks the end of a paradigm, which stresses the importance of levelling equal per capita emissions that had the effect to preclude any mitigation action for decades.…”

India’s Energy-Climate Dilemma: The Pursuit for Renewable Energy Guided by Existing Climate Change Policies

“…India announced in 2009 under the Copenhagen Accord that it will commit to reduce its emissions by 20-25% below 2005 levels by 2020, a voluntary goal that is not legally binding under the convention [21,22]. India plans on meeting and exceeding this goal by implementing fuel efficiency standards and building energy regulations, expanding the country's forest cover to sequester 10% of its annual emissions, and increase electricity from renewable sources from 8% to 20% by 2020 [23].…”