14 March 2011
UNFCCC Publishes Annex I Parties’ Emission Reduction Targets
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The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a compilation of Annex I parties information on economy-wide emission reduction targets for 2020.

10 March 2011: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a compilation (FCCC/SB/2011/INF.1) of economy-wide emission reduction targets to be implemented by Parties in Annex I to the Convention.

The document presents information communicated by Annex I parties on the economy-wide emission reduction targets for 2020, and where available, beyond that date, as well as associated context, conditions and considerations provided by parties when they communicated their quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets. The document includes a short textual description of the targets, as well as a summary table with quantitative information on these economy-wide emission reduction targets. Targets are provided for: Australia, Belarus, Canada, Croatia, the EU, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, Ukraine and the US. [Publication: Compilation of Economy-Wide Emission Reduction Targets to be Implemented by Parties in Annex I to the Convention]