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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Beyond Kyoto Equity and Climate: In Principle and Practice Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change by John Ashton and Xueman Wang
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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Outline Equity and Climate Change Five Dimensions of Equity Equity in Practice Equity Conditions for a new Agreement Mitigation Options
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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ InterestsEquity Equity, Interests and Effort Potential for agreement EquityInterests
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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Equity Dimensions Five Dimensions of Equity: What about future generations? Responsibility Entitlements Capacity Basic Needs Comparable Effort
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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Equity in Practice (1) Domains of choice: Emissions Consequences of Climate Change Resource Transfers The Process
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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Equity In Practice (2) Emissions Responsibility - H istorical - Current/Future Entitlements - Contraction and Convergence Comparable Effort - Competitiveness Per capita emissions as a metric
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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Equity in Practice (3) Consequences of Climate Change - responsibility - capacity - basic needs Resource Transfers - finance for development Process - transparency - capacity to participate
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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Consequences of Climate Change Resource Transfers Process Equity in Practice (4) More Help adapting to climate change low carbon sustainable development engaging with the process
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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Equity in Practice (5) This means: no unique, objective way to reconcile competing equity claims and fix tradeoffs outcome must stand up in all five equity dimensions, and in each domain of choice So leave room for politics
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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Conditions for an Equitable Outcome Mitigation US participation Leadership by industrialized countries Some developing countries constrain emissions Assistance Help with climate impacts Other kinds of help
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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Mitigation Options The case for variable geometry Fixed targets Relative targets Safety valve No lose targets Graduation threshold Consumption adjustments Sectoral targets
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++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ For more information www.pewclimate.org
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