Sentences with phrase «bau emissions projections»

Two countries with the same Responsibility and Capacity Index (or RCI) and thus the same mitigation obligation would have different emission allocations in a given year — say 2020 — if they had different BAU emissions projections for that year.

Not exact matches

Figure 3 accounts for the lower observed GHG emissions than in the IPCC BAU projection, and compares its «Best» adjusted projection with the observed global surface warming since 1990.

These studies compare a particular climate policy scenario with a reference scenario corresponding to the model projection of business as usual (BAU)-- that is, a world in which the economy continues on its current course with carbon emissions unchecked.

Making a (less radical) 70 % cut in ff energy emissions by 2050 means being asked to replace 17 GtC of «economic» demand in energy at 2050 with something else over and above the bau energy mix projections.