Cover Image
Read Now

Understanding countries' net-zero emissions targets

This paper analyses net-zero emissions targets adopted in law, proposed in legislation, or reflected in policy documents in 51 countries and the EU to better understand their characteristics, similarities and differences. It examines countries' experiences with translating net-zero targets into...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeudy-Hugo, Sirini
Other Authors: Lo Re, Luca, Falduto, Chiara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2021
Series:OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group Papers
Subjects:
Energy
Environment
Online Access:
Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02181nma a2200277 u 4500
001 EB002074607
003 EBX01000000000000001214697
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 220928 ||| eng
100 1 |a Jeudy-Hugo, Sirini 
245 0 0 |a Understanding countries' net-zero emissions targets  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c Sirini, Jeudy-Hugo, Luca, Lo Re and Chiara, Falduto 
260 |a Paris  |b OECD Publishing  |c 2021 
300 |a 78 p.  |c 21 x 28cm 
653 |a Energy 
653 |a Environment 
700 1 |a Lo Re, Luca 
700 1 |a Falduto, Chiara 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b OECD  |a OECD Books and Papers 
490 0 |a OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group Papers 
024 8 |a /10.1787/8d25a20c-en 
856 4 0 |a oecd-ilibrary.org  |u https://doi.org/10.1787/8d25a20c-en  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 363 
082 0 |a 333 
520 |a This paper analyses net-zero emissions targets adopted in law, proposed in legislation, or reflected in policy documents in 51 countries and the EU to better understand their characteristics, similarities and differences. It examines countries' experiences with translating net-zero targets into near-term plans and analyses four case studies to show how countries develop and implement different pathways to net-zero. This paper also explores the potential role and associated risks, both for individual countries and globally, of using international carbon markets to help achieve countries' net-zero targets. The paper concludes that countries are adopting diverse approaches to their net-zero targets and many details are currently unclear, including the balance between emission reductions, removals and the use of international carbon markets in reaching countries' net-zero targets, and how this may change over the next few decades. The paper concludes that greater clarity on the scope, coverage and detail, in particular how countries plan to meet their net-zero commitments, is important to improve understanding of countries' net-zero targets, how they interact with each other, and their overall implications for achieving the global temperature goal of the Paris Agreement 

Similar Items