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.
This paper presents an analytical framework to encompass contributions to the literature on equity in climate change, and highlights the consequences — in terms of
future emissions allocations — of different approaches to equity.
The
regional emission allocation changes considerably from 1990 to 2100; all four markers project much greater percentages of emissions in the developing regions (ASIA and ALM).
No doubt the
initial emissions allocations will be extremely generous, and we won't see emissions from electricity generation stabilise until 2015 - 2020.
Today the state's Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee, which is comprised of economists and environmental experts, made a series of recommendations for the program, including that it auction 100 percent of
its emissions allocation allowances.